CVE-2020-14415
oss_write in audio/ossaudio.c in QEMU before 5.0.0 mishandles a buffer position.
oss_write in audio/ossaudio.c in QEMU before 5.0.0 mishandles a buffer position.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
3.3
oss_write in audio/ossaudio.c in QEMU before 5.0.0 mishandles a buffer position.
- Record
CVE-2020-14415- CVSS 3.1
- 3.3 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 Low
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-369
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
oss_write in audio/ossaudio.c in QEMU before 5.0.0 mishandles a buffer position.
- Record
CVE-2020-14415- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-6554 No score
oss_write in audio/ossaudio.c in QEMU before 5.0.0 mishandles a buffer position.
- Record
EUVD-2020-6554- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-p7mg-fqg9-jhg8 No score
oss_write in audio/ossaudio.c in QEMU before 5.0.0 mishandles a buffer position.
oss_write in audio/ossaudio.c in QEMU before 5.0.0 mishandles a buffer position.
- Record
GHSA-p7mg-fqg9-jhg8- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVALPINE-CVE-2020-14415
3.3
oss_write in audio/ossaudio.c in QEMU before 5.0.0 mishandles a buffer position.
- Record
ALPINE-CVE-2020-14415- CVSS 3.1
- 3.3 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-03
OSVBELL-CVE-2020-14415
3.3
CVE-2020-14415 does not affect BellSoft software
- Record
BELL-CVE-2020-14415- CVSS 3.1
- 3.3 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
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OSV
3.3
oss_write in audio/ossaudio.c in QEMU before 5.0.0 mishandles a buffer position.
- Record
CVE-2020-14415- CVSS 3.1
- 3.3 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2020-14415
3.3
oss_write in audio/ossaudio.c in QEMU before 5.0.0 mishandles a buffer position.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2020-14415- CVSS 3.1
- 3.3 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2020-14415
3.3
oss_write in audio/ossaudio.c in QEMU before 5.0.0 mishandles a buffer position.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2020-14415- CVSS 3.1
- 3.3 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - 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
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
qemuAlpine:v3.16 |
before 5.0.0-r0 | 5.0.0-r0 |
qemuAlpine:v3.17 |
before 5.0.0-r0 | 5.0.0-r0 |
qemuAlpine:v3.18 |
before 5.0.0-r0 | 5.0.0-r0 |
qemuAlpine:v3.19 |
before 5.0.0-r0 | 5.0.0-r0 |
qemuAlpine:v3.20 |
before 5.0.0-r0 | 5.0.0-r0 |
qemuAlpine:v3.21 |
before 5.0.0-r0 | 5.0.0-r0 |
qemuAlpine:v3.22 |
before 5.0.0-r0 | 5.0.0-r0 |
qemuAlpine:v3.23 |
before 5.0.0-r0 | 5.0.0-r0 |
qemuAlpine:v3.24 |
before 5.0.0-r0 | 5.0.0-r0 |
qemuDebian:12 |
before 1:5.0-1 | 1:5.0-1 |
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| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
qemuDebian:13 |
before 1:5.0-1 | 1:5.0-1 |
qemuDebian:14 |
before 1:5.0-1 | 1:5.0-1 |
qemuUbuntu: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 Show 8 moreShow less1:4.2-3ubuntu21:4.2-3ubuntu31:4.2-3ubuntu41:4.2-3ubuntu51:4.2-3ubuntu61:4.2-3ubuntu6.11:4.2-3ubuntu6.21:4.2-3ubuntu6.3 |
1:4.2-3ubuntu6.4 |
qemuUbuntu: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 Show 45 moreShow less1:2.4+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 |
qemuUbuntu: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 Show 30 moreShow less1:2.11+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 |
qemuUbuntu: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 Show 8 moreShow less1:4.2-3ubuntu21:4.2-3ubuntu31:4.2-3ubuntu41:4.2-3ubuntu51:4.2-3ubuntu61:4.2-3ubuntu6.11:4.2-3ubuntu6.21:4.2-3ubuntu6.3 |
1:4.2-3ubuntu6.4 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected, facts | ||
| affected, aliases, references | OSV | |
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-14415 is a low vulnerability (CVSS 3.3) in Qemu, published June 19, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.45%, the 39th percentile. Fixed in qemu 5.0.0-r0.
References
usn.ubuntu.com/4467-1
git.qemu.org?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7a4ede0047a8613b0e3b72c9d351038f013dd357
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-14415
git.qemu.org?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=7a4ede0047a8613b0e3b72c9d351038f013dd357
github.com/advisories/GHSA-p7mg-fqg9-jhg8
security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2020-14415
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docs.bell-sw.com/security/cves/CVE-2020-14415
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-14415
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-14415
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4467-1
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-14415
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-10756
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-10761
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-12829
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-13253
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-13361
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-13362
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-13659
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-13754
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-13765
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-13800
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-15863
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-16092
Left out here: 4 versions. The JSON record has them.