CVE-2020-35503
lowpriority · track · 24EPSS 0.003 · 20 %ileDEEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the megasas-gen2 SCSI host bus adapter emulation of QEMU in versions before and including 6.0. This issue occurs in the megasas_command_cancelled() callback function while dropping a SCSI request. This flaw allows a privileged guest user to crash the QEMU process on the host, resulting in a denial of service. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 2.1–6
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affected products (8)
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advisories (1)
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- 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.
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references (14)
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- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2020-35503Patchcnnvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1910346cnnvd
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210720-0008/cnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/QEMU-NULL-pointer-dereference-via-megasas-command-cancelled-35611cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2021.2838cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2021.2850cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2021.2918cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2021.3610cnnvd
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