CVE-2020-29443
QEMU: ide: atapi: OOB access while processing read commands
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · November 18, 2020
Updated · June 28, 2026
Description
An out-of-bounds read-access flaw was found in the ATAPI Emulator of QEMU. This issue occurs while processing the ATAPI read command if the logical block address(LBA) is set to an invalid value. A guest user may use this flaw to crash the QEMU process on the host resulting in a denial of service.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 3.9CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:L
CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds Read