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CVE-2020-13659 json

address_space_map in exec.c in QEMU 4.2.0 can trigger a NULL pointer dereference related to BounceBuffer.

published 6y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-5900

cvss
2.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 37%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

address_space_map in exec.c in QEMU 4.2.0 can trigger a NULL pointer dereference related to BounceBuffer.

Patch / fix

  • qemu Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1:5.0-6

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2020-13659

  • qemu Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.45
  • qemu Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 1:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.31
  • qemu Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 1:4.2-3ubuntu6.4
  • qemu Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.47+esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2020-13659

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • qemu SLES 12 SP2-BCL 2.6.2-41.62.1
  • qemu SLES for SAP 15 SP1, SLES 15 SP1-LTSS, SLES 15 SP1-BCL +6 more 3.1.1.1-9.24.3
  • qemu SLES for SAP 15, SLES 15-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15-LTSS +1 more 2.11.2-9.43.1
  • qemu SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP5 3.1.1.1-48.2
  • qemu SLES for SAP 12 SP4, SLES 12 SP4-LTSS, OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 +1 more 2.11.2-5.29.1
  • qemu SLES for SAP 12 SP3, SLES 12 SP3-LTSS, SLES 12 SP3-BCL +3 more 2.9.1-6.47.1
  • qemu SLE Module for Server Applications 15 SP2, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP2 4.2.1-11.4.4

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2021:1305-1SUSE-SU-2021:1245-1SUSE-SU-2021:1244-1SUSE-SU-2021:1242-1SUSE-SU-2021:1241-1SUSE-SU-2021:1240-1

  • qemu openSUSE Tumbleweed 6.1.0-32.1
  • qemu openSUSE Leap 15.2 4.2.1-lp152.9.3.1
  • qemu-testsuite openSUSE Leap 15.2 4.2.1-lp152.9.3.1
  • qemu-linux-user openSUSE Leap 15.2 4.2.1-lp152.9.3.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:11287-1openSUSE-SU-2020:1108-1

  • qemu Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +6 more 5.0.0-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2020-13659

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Vendor advisories

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red hat product security vex CVE-2020-13659 updated cvss 2.5

QEMU: exec: address_space_map returns NULL without setting length to zero may lead to DoS

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 qemu-img-ma, qemu-kvm-ma, qemu-kvm-rhev, qemu-kvm-tools-ma, qemu-kvm-common-ma Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 qemu-img, qemu-kvm, qemu-kvm-core, qemu-kvm-tests, qemu-kvm-common, qemu-guest-agent, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Advanced Virtualization qemu-img, qemu-kvm, qemu-kiwi, qemu-kvm-core, qemu-kvm-tests, qemu-kvm-common, +9 more
    affected: no fix available “Fix deferred”
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 (Newton) qemu-img-rhev, qemu-kvm-rhev, qemu-kvm-tools-rhev, qemu-kvm-common-rhev Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13 (Queens) qemu-img-rhev, qemu-kvm-rhev, qemu-kvm-tools-rhev, qemu-kvm-common-rhev
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 kvm Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 qemu-img, qemu-kvm, qemu-kvm-tools, qemu-guest-agent, qemu-guest-agent-win32 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 qemu-img, qemu-kvm, libcacard, qemu-kvm-tools, libcacard-tools, qemu-kvm-common, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 qemu-img, qemu-kvm, qemu-kvm-core, qemu-kvm-tools, qemu-pr-helper, qemu-kvm-common, +16 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

0.43% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 37% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 2.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L
NVD 2.0 1.9 AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness

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Sources

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