CVE-2020-24352
QEMU: out-of-bounds read/write in ati-vga device emulation in ati_2d_blt()
Severity
LowRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · August 14, 2020
Updated · June 28, 2026
Description
An out-of-bounds memory access flaw was found in the ATI VGA device implementation of the QEMU emulator. This flaw occurs in the ati_2d_blt() routine while handling MMIO write operations through the ati_mm_write() callback. A malicious guest could use this flaw to crash the QEMU process on the host, 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-maas shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.qemu-kvm-rhevas shipped with Red Hat Virtualization and Red Hat OpenStack.qemu-kvmas shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, 7 and 8.virt:8.2/qemu-kvmas shipped with RHEL Advanced Virtualization.
ATI VGA emulation feature was introduced in QEMU upstream version 4.0.0.
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 · 2.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L
CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds Read