CVE-2020-15859
Low
CVE-2020-15859
QEMU 4.2.0 has a use-after-free in hw/net/e1000e_core.c because a guest OS user can trigger an e1000e packet with the data's address set to the e1000e's MMIO address.
Exploit probability
0.4%
Published
July 21, 2020
Required by
Not available
Last source change
July 8, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
2 explicit affected versions
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2020-15859
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QEMU 4.2.0 has a use-after-free in hw/net/e1000e_core.c because a guest OS user can trigger an e1000e packet with the data's address set to the e1000e's MMIO address.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/+bug/1886362
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00024.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00008.html
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2020-07/msg05304.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-27
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/07/21/3