CVE-2020-25723

QEMU: assertion failure through usb_packet_unmap() in hw/usb/hcd-ehci.c

Severity Score

3.2

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

A reachable assertion issue was found in the USB EHCI emulation code of QEMU. It could occur while processing USB requests due to missing handling of DMA memory map failure. A malicious privileged user within the guest may abuse this flaw to send bogus USB requests and crash the QEMU process on the host, resulting in a denial of service.

Se encontró un problema de aserción alcanzable en el código de emulación USB EHCI de QEMU. Podría ocurrir mientras se procesan las peticiones USB debido a una falta de manejo del fallo del mapa de memoria DMA. Un usuario privilegiado malicioso dentro del invitado puede abusar de este fallo para enviar peticiones USB falsas y bloquear el proceso QEMU en el host, resultando en una denegación de servicio

A reachable assertion vulnerability was found in the USB EHCI emulation code of QEMU. This issue occurs while processing USB requests due to missed handling of DMA memory map failure. This flaw allows a malicious privileged user within the guest to send bogus USB requests and crash the QEMU process on the host, resulting in a denial of service. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Low

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2020-09-16 CVE Reserved
2020-11-30 CVE Published
2023-03-08 EPSS Updated
2024-08-04 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-617: Reachable Assertion

CAPEC

References (5)

URL	Tag	Source
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00008.html	Mailing List
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20201218-0004	Third Party Advisory

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/12/22/1	2022-09-30
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1898579	2021-05-18

URL	Date	SRC
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-25723	2021-05-18

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Qemu Search vendor "Qemu"		Qemu Search vendor "Qemu" for product "Qemu"				<= 5.1.1 Search vendor "Qemu" for product "Qemu" and version " <= 5.1.1"		-		Affected
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux"				10.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "10.0"		-		Affected