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CVE-2020-13800

ati-vga in hw/display/ati.c in QEMU 4.2.0 allows guest OS users to trigger infinite recursion via...

6.0 MediumFix available

ati-vga in hw/display/ati.c in QEMU 4.2.0 allows guest OS users to trigger infinite recursion via a crafted mm_index value during an ati_mm_read or ati_mm_write call.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
High
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

0.49%Down 1.2 points since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 6.0

ati-vga in hw/display/ati.c in QEMU 4.2.0 allows guest OS users to trigger infinite recursion via a crafted mm_index value during an ati_mm_read or ati_mm_write call.

Record
CVE-2020-13800
CVSS 3.1
6.0 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0
4.9 MediumAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Weakness
CWE-674
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

ati-vga in hw/display/ati.c in QEMU 4.2.0 allows guest OS users to trigger infinite recursion via a crafted mm_index value during an ati_mm_read or ati_mm_write call.

Record
CVE-2020-13800
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-6015 No score

ati-vga in hw/display/ati.c in QEMU 4.2.0 allows guest OS users to trigger infinite recursion via a crafted mm_index value during an ati_mm_read or ati_mm_write call.

Record
EUVD-2020-6015
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-xhj5-rvcv-cccg 6.0

ati-vga in hw/display/ati.c in QEMU 4.2.0 allows guest OS users to trigger infinite recursion via...

ati-vga in hw/display/ati.c in QEMU 4.2.0 allows guest OS users to trigger infinite recursion via a crafted mm_index value during an ati_mm_read or ati_mm_write call.

Record
GHSA-xhj5-rvcv-cccg
CVSS 3.1
6.0 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-674, CWE-835
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVALPINE-CVE-2020-13800 6.0

ati-vga in hw/display/ati.c in QEMU 4.2.0 allows guest OS users to trigger infinite recursion via a crafted mm_index value during an ati_mm_read or ati_mm_write call.

Record
ALPINE-CVE-2020-13800
CVSS 3.1
6.0 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-03
OSVBELL-CVE-2020-13800 6.0

CVE-2020-13800 does not affect BellSoft software

Record
BELL-CVE-2020-13800
CVSS 3.1
6.0 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
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OSV 6.0

ati-vga in hw/display/ati.c in QEMU 4.2.0 allows guest OS users to trigger infinite recursion via a crafted mm_index value during an ati_mm_read or ati_mm_write call.

Record
CVE-2020-13800
CVSS 3.1
6.0 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2020-13800 6.0

ati-vga in hw/display/ati.c in QEMU 4.2.0 allows guest OS users to trigger infinite recursion via a crafted mm_index value during an ati_mm_read or ati_mm_write call.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2020-13800
CVSS 3.1
6.0 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2020-13800 6.0

ati-vga in hw/display/ati.c in QEMU 4.2.0 allows guest OS users to trigger infinite recursion via a crafted mm_index value during an ati_mm_read or ati_mm_write call.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2020-13800
CVSS 3.1
6.0 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2020:1108-1 No score

Security update for qemu

This update for qemu to version 4.2.1 fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2020-10761: Fixed a denial of service in Network Block Device (nbd) support infrastructure (bsc#1172710).
  • CVE-2020-13800: Fixed a denial of service possibility in ati-vga emulation (bsc#1172495).
  • CVE-2020-13659: Fixed a null pointer dereference possibility in MegaRAID SAS 8708EM2 emulation (bsc#1172386).
  • CVE-2020-13362: Fixed an OOB access possibility in MegaRAID SAS 8708EM2 emulation (bsc#1172383).
  • CVE-2020-13361: Fixed an OOB access possibility in ES1370 audio device emulation (bsc#1172384).

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15-SP2:Update update project.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2020:1108-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:11287-1 No score

qemu-6.1.0-32.1 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the qemu-6.1.0-32.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:11287-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2020:2015-1 No score

Security update for qemu

This update for qemu to version 4.2.1 fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2020-10761: Fixed a denial of service in Network Block Device (nbd) support infrastructure (bsc#1172710).
  • CVE-2020-13800: Fixed a denial of service possibility in ati-vga emulation (bsc#1172495).
  • CVE-2020-13659: Fixed a null pointer dereference possibility in MegaRAID SAS 8708EM2 emulation (bsc#1172386).
  • CVE-2020-13362: Fixed an OOB access possibility in MegaRAID SAS 8708EM2 emulation (bsc#1172383).
  • CVE-2020-13361: Fixed an OOB access possibility in ES1370 audio device emulation (bsc#1172384).
Record
SUSE-SU-2020:2015-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUSN-4467-1 No score

qemu vulnerabilities

Ziming Zhang and VictorV discovered that the QEMU SLiRP networking implementation incorrectly handled replying to certain ICMP echo requests. An attacker inside a guest could possibly use this issue to leak host memory to obtain sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-10756)

Eric Blake and Xueqiang Wei discovered that the QEMU NDB implementation incorrectly handled certain requests. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-10761)

Ziming Zhang discovered that the QEMU SM501 graphics driver incorrectly handled certain operations. An attacker inside a guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2020-12829)

It was discovered that the QEMU SD memory card implementation incorrectly handled certain memory operations. An attacker inside a guest could possibly use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2020-13253)

Ren Ding and Hanqing Zhao discovered that the QEMU ES1370 audio driver incorrectly handled certain invalid frame counts. An attacker inside a guest could possibly use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2020-13361)

Ren Ding and Hanqing Zhao discovered that the QEMU MegaRAID SAS SCSI driver incorrectly handled certain memory operations. An attacker inside a guest could possibly use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2020-13362)

Alexander Bulekov discovered that QEMU MegaRAID SAS SCSI driver incorrectly handled certain memory space operations. An attacker inside a guest could possibly use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2020-13659)

Ren Ding, Hanqing Zhao, Alexander Bulekov, and Anatoly Trosinenko discovered that the QEMU incorrectly handled certain msi-x mmio operations. An attacker inside a guest could possibly use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2020-13754)

It was discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled certain memory copy operations when loading ROM contents. If a user were tricked into running an untrusted kernel image, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to run arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-13765)

Ren Ding, Hanqing Zhao, and Yi Ren discovered that the QEMU ATI video driver incorrectly handled certain index values. An attacker inside a guest could possibly use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-13800)

Ziming Zhang discovered that the QEMU OSS audio driver incorrectly handled certain operations. An attacker inside a guest could possibly use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-14415)

Ziming Zhang discovered that the QEMU XGMAC Ethernet controller incorrectly handled packet transmission. An attacker inside a guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2020-15863)

Ziming Zhang discovered that the QEMU e1000e Ethernet controller incorrectly handled packet processing. An attacker inside a guest could possibly use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-16092)

Record
USN-4467-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
qemu
Alpine:v3.16
before 5.0.0-r0
5.0.0-r0
qemu
Alpine:v3.17
before 5.0.0-r0
5.0.0-r0
qemu
Alpine:v3.18
before 5.0.0-r0
5.0.0-r0
qemu
Alpine:v3.19
before 5.0.0-r0
5.0.0-r0
qemu
Alpine:v3.20
before 5.0.0-r0
5.0.0-r0
qemu
Alpine:v3.21
before 5.0.0-r0
5.0.0-r0
qemu
Alpine:v3.22
before 5.0.0-r0
5.0.0-r0
qemu
Alpine:v3.23
before 5.0.0-r0
5.0.0-r0
qemu
Alpine:v3.24
before 5.0.0-r0
5.0.0-r0
qemu
Debian:12
before 1:5.0-6
1:5.0-6
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
qemu
Debian:13
before 1:5.0-6
1:5.0-6
qemu
Debian:14
before 1:5.0-6
1:5.0-6
qemu
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP2
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 4.2.1-11.4.4
4.2.1-11.4.4
qemu
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP2
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 4.2.1-11.4.4
4.2.1-11.4.4
qemu
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
before 1:4.2-3ubuntu6.4, plus listed versions
1:4.0+dfsg-0ubuntu91:4.0+dfsg-0ubuntu101:4.2-1ubuntu11:4.2-1ubuntu21:4.2-3ubuntu1
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1:4.2-3ubuntu21:4.2-3ubuntu31:4.2-3ubuntu41:4.2-3ubuntu51:4.2-3ubuntu61:4.2-3ubuntu6.11:4.2-3ubuntu6.21:4.2-3ubuntu6.3
1:4.2-3ubuntu6.4
qemu
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
From an advisory covering 13 CVEs
before 1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.45, plus listed versions
1:2.3+dfsg-5ubuntu91:2.3+dfsg-5ubuntu101:2.4+dfsg-4ubuntu11:2.4+dfsg-4ubuntu21:2.4+dfsg-4ubuntu3
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1:2.4+dfsg-5ubuntu31:2.5+dfsg-1ubuntu21:2.5+dfsg-1ubuntu31:2.5+dfsg-1ubuntu41:2.5+dfsg-1ubuntu51:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu11:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu21:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu41:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu61:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu71:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu101:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.11:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.21:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.31:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.41:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.51:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.61:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.71:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.81:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.91:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.101:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.111:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.131:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.141:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.151:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.161:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.201:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.211:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.221:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.241:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.251:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.261:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.281:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.291:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.301:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.311:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.321:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.331:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.341:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.351:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.361:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.371:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.381:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.391:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.40
1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.45
qemu
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
From an advisory covering 13 CVEs
before 1:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.31, plus listed versions
1:2.10+dfsg-0ubuntu31:2.10+dfsg-0ubuntu41:2.10+dfsg-0ubuntu51:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu11:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu2
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1:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu41:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu51:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu61:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu71:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.11:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.21:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.31:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.41:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.51:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.61:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.71:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.81:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.91:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.101:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.121:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.131:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.141:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.151:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.171:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.181:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.191:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.201:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.211:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.221:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.231:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.251:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.261:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.271:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.281:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.29
1:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.31
qemu
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
From an advisory covering 13 CVEs
before 1:4.2-3ubuntu6.4, plus listed versions
1:4.0+dfsg-0ubuntu91:4.0+dfsg-0ubuntu101:4.2-1ubuntu11:4.2-1ubuntu21:4.2-3ubuntu1
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1:4.2-3ubuntu21:4.2-3ubuntu31:4.2-3ubuntu41:4.2-3ubuntu51:4.2-3ubuntu61:4.2-3ubuntu6.11:4.2-3ubuntu6.21:4.2-3ubuntu6.3
1:4.2-3ubuntu6.4
qemu
openSUSE:Leap 15.2
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 4.2.1-lp152.9.3.1
4.2.1-lp152.9.3.1
qemu-linux-user
openSUSE:Leap 15.2
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 4.2.1-lp152.9.3.1
4.2.1-lp152.9.3.1
qemu-testsuite
openSUSE:Leap 15.2
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 4.2.1-lp152.9.3.1
4.2.1-lp152.9.3.1
qemu
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
From an advisory covering 135 CVEs
before 6.1.0-32.1
6.1.0-32.1

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected, facts
affected, aliases, referencesOSV
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2020-13800 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.0) in Qemu, published June 4, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.49%, the 42nd percentile. Fixed in qemu 5.0.0-r0.

References

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