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CVE-2020-13253

sd_wp_addr in hw/sd/sd.c in QEMU 4.2.0 uses an unvalidated address, which leads to an out-of...

5.5 MediumFix available

sd_wp_addr in hw/sd/sd.c in QEMU 4.2.0 uses an unvalidated address, which leads to an out-of-bounds read during sdhci_write() operations. A guest OS user can crash the QEMU process.

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
High

Exploit likelihood

0.43%Down 1.0 points since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 5.5

sd_wp_addr in hw/sd/sd.c in QEMU 4.2.0 uses an unvalidated address, which leads to an out-of-bounds read during sdhci_write() operations. A guest OS user can crash the QEMU process.

Record
CVE-2020-13253
CVSS 3.1
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0
2.1 LowAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness
CWE-125
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

sd_wp_addr in hw/sd/sd.c in QEMU 4.2.0 uses an unvalidated address, which leads to an out-of-bounds read during sdhci_write() operations. A guest OS user can crash the QEMU process.

Record
CVE-2020-13253
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-5516 No score

sd_wp_addr in hw/sd/sd.c in QEMU 4.2.0 uses an unvalidated address, which leads to an out-of-bounds read during sdhci_write() operations. A guest OS user can crash the QEMU process.

Record
EUVD-2020-5516
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-mpcr-cpf2-g7x3 5.5

sd_wp_addr in hw/sd/sd.c in QEMU 4.2.0 uses an unvalidated address, which leads to an out-of...

sd_wp_addr in hw/sd/sd.c in QEMU 4.2.0 uses an unvalidated address, which leads to an out-of-bounds read during sdhci_write() operations. A guest OS user can crash the QEMU process.

Record
GHSA-mpcr-cpf2-g7x3
CVSS 3.1
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-125
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 5.5

sd_wp_addr in hw/sd/sd.c in QEMU 4.2.0 uses an unvalidated address, which leads to an out-of-bounds read during sdhci_write() operations. A guest OS user can crash the QEMU process.

Record
CVE-2020-13253
CVSS 3.1
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2020-13253 5.5

sd_wp_addr in hw/sd/sd.c in QEMU 4.2.0 uses an unvalidated address, which leads to an out-of-bounds read during sdhci_write() operations. A guest OS user can crash the QEMU process.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2020-13253
CVSS 3.1
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
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OSVOESA-2022-1690 6.5

qemu security update

QEMU is a FAST! processor emulator using dynamic translation to achieve good emulation speed.

Security Fix(es):

sd_wp_addr in hw/sd/sd.c in QEMU 4.2.0 uses an unvalidated address, which leads to an out-of-bounds read during sdhci_write() operations. A guest OS user can crash the QEMU process.(CVE-2020-13253)

An infinite loop flaw was found in the e1000 NIC emulator of the QEMU. This issue occurs while processing transmits (tx) descriptors in process_tx_desc if various descriptor fields are initialized with invalid values. This flaw allows a guest to consume CPU cycles on the host, resulting in a denial of service. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.(CVE-2021-20257)

Record
OESA-2022-1690
CVSS 3.1
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2020-13253 5.5

sd_wp_addr in hw/sd/sd.c in QEMU 4.2.0 uses an unvalidated address, which leads to an out-of-bounds read during sdhci_write() operations. A guest OS user can crash the QEMU process.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2020-13253
CVSS 3.1
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2022:0210-1 No score

Security update for qemu

This update for qemu fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2020-13253: Fixed an OOB access that could crash the guest resulting in DoS (bsc#1172033)
  • CVE-2021-20196: Fixed null pointer dereference that may lead to guest crash (bsc#1181361).
Record
openSUSE-SU-2022:0210-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2022:0210-1 No score

Security update for qemu

This update for qemu fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2020-13253: Fixed an OOB access that could crash the guest resulting in DoS (bsc#1172033)
  • CVE-2021-20196: Fixed null pointer dereference that may lead to guest crash (bsc#1181361).
Record
SUSE-SU-2022:0210-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2022:0210-2 No score

Security update for qemu

This update for qemu fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2020-13253: Fixed an OOB access that could crash the guest resulting in DoS (bsc#1172033)
  • CVE-2021-20196: Fixed null pointer dereference that may lead to guest crash (bsc#1181361).
Record
SUSE-SU-2022:0210-2
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2023:0761-1 No score

Security update for qemu

This update for qemu fixes the following issues:

  • bsc#1172033 (CVE-2020-13253)

  • bsc#1180207 (CVE-2020-14394)

  • bsc#1172382 (CVE-2020-13754)

  • bsc#1198038 (CVE-2022-0216)

  • bsc#1193880 (CVE-2021-3929)

  • bsc#1197653 (CVE-2022-1050)

  • bsc#1205808 (CVE-2022-4144), bsc#1198712 (CVE-2022-26354)

  • bsc#1175144 (CVE-2020-17380, CVE-2020-25085, CVE-2021-3409), bsc#1185000 (CVE-2021-3507), bsc#1201367, CVE-2022-35414

  • About bsc#1175144, see also bsc#1182282 (CVE-2021-3409)

  • bsc#1198035, CVE-2021-4206

Record
SUSE-SU-2023:0761-1
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
OSVUSN-4467-2 No score

qemu vulnerabilities

USN-4467-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in QEMU. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

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)

Ziming Zhang, Xiao Wei, Gonglei Arei and Yanyu Zhang discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled certain USB packets. An attacker could possibly use this to expose sensitive information or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2020-14364)

Record
USN-4467-2
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
qemu
Debian:12
before 1:5.0-8
1:5.0-8
qemu
Debian:13
before 1:5.0-8
1:5.0-8
qemu
Debian:14
before 1:5.0-8
1:5.0-8
qemu
Debian:9
before 1:2.8+dfsg-6+deb9u11, plus listed versions
1:2.8+dfsg-61:2.8+dfsg-6+deb9u11:2.8+dfsg-6+deb9u101:2.8+dfsg-6+deb9u21:2.8+dfsg-6+deb9u3
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1:2.8+dfsg-6+deb9u41:2.8+dfsg-6+deb9u51:2.8+dfsg-6+deb9u61:2.8+dfsg-6+deb9u71:2.8+dfsg-6+deb9u81:2.8+dfsg-6+deb9u9
1:2.8+dfsg-6+deb9u11
qemu
Debian:10
before 1:3.1+dfsg-8+deb10u9, plus listed versions
1:3.1+dfsg-81:3.1+dfsg-8+deb10u21:3.1+dfsg-8+deb10u31:3.1+dfsg-8+deb10u41:3.1+dfsg-8+deb10u5
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1:3.1+dfsg-8+deb10u61:3.1+dfsg-8+deb10u71:3.1+dfsg-8+deb10u81:3.1+dfsg-8~deb10u1
1:3.1+dfsg-8+deb10u9
qemu
openEuler:20.03-LTS-SP1
before 4.1.0-65.oe1
4.1.0-65.oe1
qemu
openEuler:20.03-LTS-SP3
before 4.1.0-69.oe1
4.1.0-69.oe1
qemu
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.0
before 4.2.1-11.34.2
4.2.1-11.34.2
qemu
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2
before 4.2.1-11.34.2
4.2.1-11.34.2
qemu
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
before 3.1.1.1-66.1
3.1.1.1-66.1
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
qemu
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5
before 3.1.1.1-66.1
3.1.1.1-66.1
qemu
Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS
before 2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.47+esm1, plus listed versions
1.5.0+dfsg-3ubuntu51.5.0+dfsg-3ubuntu61.6.0+dfsg-2ubuntu11.6.0+dfsg-2ubuntu21.6.0+dfsg-2ubuntu3
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1.6.0+dfsg-2ubuntu41.7.0+dfsg-2ubuntu11.7.0+dfsg-2ubuntu21.7.0+dfsg-2ubuntu31.7.0+dfsg-2ubuntu41.7.0+dfsg-2ubuntu51.7.0+dfsg-2ubuntu71.7.0+dfsg-2ubuntu81.7.0+dfsg-2ubuntu91.7.0+dfsg-3ubuntu1~ppa11.7.0+dfsg-3ubuntu11.7.0+dfsg-3ubuntu21.7.0+dfsg-3ubuntu31.7.0+dfsg-3ubuntu41.7.0+dfsg-3ubuntu51.7.0+dfsg-3ubuntu61.7.0+dfsg-3ubuntu72.0.0~rc1+dfsg-0ubuntu12.0.0~rc1+dfsg-0ubuntu22.0.0~rc1+dfsg-0ubuntu32.0.0~rc1+dfsg-0ubuntu3.12.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu12.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.12.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.22.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.32.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.52.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.62.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.72.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.82.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.92.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.102.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.112.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.132.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.142.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.152.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.162.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.172.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.182.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.192.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.202.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.212.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.222.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.242.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.252.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.26
2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.47+esm1
qemu
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
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
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
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 15.3
before 4.2.1-11.34.2
4.2.1-11.34.2

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

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

In short

CVE-2020-13253 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Qemu, published May 27, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.43%, the 37th percentile. Fixed in qemu 1:5.0-8.

References

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