CVE-2020-8608
Moderate
CVE-2020-8608
In libslirp 4.1.0, as used in QEMU 4.2.0, tcp_subr.c misuses snprintf return values, leading to a buffer overflow in later code.
Exploit probability
2.5%
Published
February 6, 2020
Required by
Not available
Last source change
August 7, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
3 explicit affected versions
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2020-8608
View original source
In libslirp 4.1.0, as used in QEMU 4.2.0, tcp_subr.c misuses snprintf return values, leading to a buffer overflow in later code.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00007.html
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/slirp/libslirp/-/tags/v4.1.0
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/slirp/libslirp/commit/68ccb8021a838066f0951d4b2817eb6b6f10a843
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00015.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00017.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00020.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00012.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-66
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20201001-0002/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4283-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4733
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/02/06/2