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● CVE — Medium

CVE-2020-35505

Vendordebian, qemuProductdebian linux, qemuDiscoveredMay 28, 2021UpdatedNov 21, 2024

A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the am53c974 SCSI host bus adapter emulation of QEMU in versions before 6.0.0. This issue occurs while handling the 'Information Transfer' command. 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.

CVSS v3.1
4.4 MEDIUM
EPSS
0.32%
probability of exploitation in 30 days
CISA KEV
Not listed
no confirmed exploitation reported
News coverage
1
sources referencing this CVE
Related IOCs
0
seen in the same coverage
CVSS v3.1 Detail
Attack VectorLOCAL
Attack ComplexityLOW
Privileges RequiredHIGH
User InteractionNONE
ScopeUNCHANGED
ConfidentialityNONE
IntegrityNONE
AvailabilityHIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Connections
4 relationships
Timeline
disclosure → media coverage
May 28, 2021
Disclosure — published as a CVE record. · last revised by NVD Nov 21, 2024
Jun 9, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8412-1: QEMU vulnerabilities