| Name | CVE-2019-20808 |
| Description | In QEMU 4.1.0, an out-of-bounds read flaw was found in the ATI VGA implementation. It occurs in the ati_cursor_define() routine while handling MMIO write operations through the ati_mm_write() callback. A malicious guest could abuse this flaw to crash the QEMU process, resulting in a denial of service. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more) |
| NVD severity | low |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| qemu (PTS) | stretch | 1:2.8+dfsg-6+deb9u9 | fixed |
| stretch (security) | 1:2.8+dfsg-6+deb9u14 | fixed | |
| buster, buster (security) | 1:3.1+dfsg-8+deb10u8 | fixed | |
| bullseye | 1:5.2+dfsg-9 | fixed | |
| sid | 1:5.2+dfsg-10 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| qemu | source | jessie | (not affected) | |||
| qemu | source | stretch | (not affected) | |||
| qemu | source | buster | (not affected) | |||
| qemu | source | (unstable) | 1:4.2-1 |
[buster] - qemu <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later)
[stretch] - qemu <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later)
[jessie] - qemu <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later)
https://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=aab0e2a661b2b6bf7915c0aefe807fb60d6d9d13 (v4.2.0-rc0)