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CVE-2020-11869

qemu: integer overflow in ati_2d_blt() in hw/display/ati-2d.c could lead to DoS

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

2.8

CVSS 3.1

Review impact separately from score.

Published · April 7, 2020

Updated · June 28, 2026

Description

An integer overflow flaw was found in QEMU in the way it implemented the ATI VGA emulation. This flaw occurs in the ati_2d_blt() routine while handling MMIO write operations through ati_mm_write() callback. A malicious guest could abuse this flaw to crash the QEMU process, resulting in a denial of service.

Statement

This flaw did not affect the following versions of QEMU as they did not include support for ATI VGA emulation:

  • qemu-kvm-ma as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.
  • qemu-kvm-rhev as shipped with Red Hat Virtualization and Red Hat OpenStack.
  • qemu-kvm as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, 7 and 8.

ATI VGA emulation feature was introduced in QEMU upstream version v4.0.0.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 2.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L

CWE-787 · Out-of-bounds Write