CVE-2020-35506
Publication date 28 May 2021
Last updated 25 August 2025
Ubuntu priority
Description
A use-after-free vulnerability was found in the am53c974 SCSI host bus adapter emulation of QEMU in versions before 6.0.0 during the handling of the 'Information Transfer' command (CMD_TI). This flaw allows a privileged guest user to crash the QEMU process on the host, resulting in a denial of service or potential code execution with the privileges of the QEMU process.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| qemu-kvm | 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
| qemu | 22.04 LTS jammy |
Fixed 1:6.0+dfsg-1~ubuntu3
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| 20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
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| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Not affected
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| 16.04 LTS xenial |
Not affected
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| 14.04 LTS trusty |
Not affected
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Notes
mdeslaur
same commits as CVE-2020-35504 qemu in hirsute and older doesn't implement FIFO, it doesn't appear to be vulnerable to this specific CVE
Patch details
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score |
6.7 · Medium
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| Attack vector | Local |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | High |
| User interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | High |
| Integrity impact | High |
| Availability impact | High |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |