CVE-2020-14394
lowpriority · track · 13EPSS 0.004 · 33 %ileDEEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
An infinite loop flaw was found in the USB xHCI controller emulation of QEMU while computing the length of the Transfer Request Block (TRB) Ring. This flaw allows a privileged guest user to hang the QEMU process on the host, resulting in a denial of service.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
weaknesses
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affected products (22)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- fedoraproject extra packages for enterprise linux= 7.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:fedoraproject:extra_packages_for_enterprise_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
advisories (1)
Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.
- WID-SEC-W-2022-2259QEMU: Mehrere Schwachstellen ermöglichen Denial of ServiceDeutsch2021-01-11csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein lokaler Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in QEMU ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen.
also known as (4)
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sources
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references (20)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1908004cnnvd
- https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2020-14394/cnnvd
- https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/commit/effaf5a240e03020f4ae953e10b764622c3e87ccPatchcnnvd
- https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/issues/646cnnvd
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/03/msg00013.htmlcnnvd
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/I7J5IRXJYLELW7D43A75LOWRUE5EU54O/cnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/QEMU-overload-via-xhci-ring-chain-length-39072cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2023.1572cnnvd
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