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CVE-2020-24165

An issue was discovered in TCG Accelerator in QEMU 4.2.0, allows local attackers to execute...

8.8 HighFix availableDisputed

An issue was discovered in TCG Accelerator in QEMU 4.2.0, allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code, escalate privileges, and cause a denial of service (DoS). Note: This is disputed as a bug and not a valid security issue by multiple third parties.

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
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

0.70%Up 0.7 points since Aug 29, 2023
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 8.8

An issue was discovered in TCG Accelerator in QEMU 4.2.0, allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code, escalate privileges, and cause a denial of service (DoS). Note: This is disputed as a bug and not a valid security issue by multiple third parties.

Record
CVE-2020-24165
CVSS 3.1
8.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

An issue was discovered in TCG Accelerator in QEMU 4.2.0, allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code, escalate privileges, and cause a denial of service (DoS). Note: This is disputed as a bug and not a valid security issue by multiple third parties.

Record
CVE-2020-24165
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-16900 No score

An issue was discovered in TCG Accelerator in QEMU 4.2.0, allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code, escalate privileges, and cause a denial of service (DoS). Note: This is disputed as a bug and not a valid security issue by multiple third parties.

Record
EUVD-2020-16900
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-xc5f-ww2c-46pr 8.8

An issue was discovered in TCG Accelerator in QEMU 4.2.0, allows local attackers to execute...

An issue was discovered in TCG Accelerator in QEMU 4.2.0, allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code, escalate privileges, and cause a denial of service (DoS).

Record
GHSA-xc5f-ww2c-46pr
CVSS 3.1
8.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 8.8

An issue was discovered in TCG Accelerator in QEMU 4.2.0, allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code, escalate privileges, and cause a denial of service (DoS). Note: This is disputed as a bug and not a valid security issue by multiple third parties.

Record
CVE-2020-24165
CVSS 3.1
8.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2020-24165 8.8

An issue was discovered in TCG Accelerator in QEMU 4.2.0, allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code, escalate privileges, and cause a denial of service (DoS). Note: This is disputed as a bug and not a valid security issue by multiple third parties.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2020-24165
CVSS 3.1
8.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
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OSVOESA-2023-1654 8.8

qemu security update

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

Security Fix(es):

hw/pci/pci.c in QEMU 4.2.0 allows guest OS users to trigger an out-of-bounds access by providing an address near the end of the PCI configuration space.(CVE-2020-13791)

An issue was discovered in TCG Accelerator in QEMU 4.2.0, allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code, escalate privileges, and cause a denial of service (DoS).(CVE-2020-24165)

Record
OESA-2023-1654
CVSS 3.1
8.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVOESA-2023-1655 8.8

qemu security update

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

Security Fix(es):

hw/pci/pci.c in QEMU 4.2.0 allows guest OS users to trigger an out-of-bounds access by providing an address near the end of the PCI configuration space.(CVE-2020-13791)

An issue was discovered in TCG Accelerator in QEMU 4.2.0, allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code, escalate privileges, and cause a denial of service (DoS).(CVE-2020-24165)

Record
OESA-2023-1655
CVSS 3.1
8.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2020-24165 8.8

An issue was discovered in TCG Accelerator in QEMU 4.2.0, allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code, escalate privileges, and cause a denial of service (DoS). Note: This is disputed as a bug and not a valid security issue by multiple third parties.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2020-24165
CVSS 3.1
8.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUSN-6567-1 No score

qemu vulnerabilities

Gaoning Pan and Xingwei Li discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled the USB xHCI controller device. A privileged guest attacker could possibly use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, leading to a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-14394)

It was discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled the TCG Accelerator. A local attacker could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, leading to a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code and esclate privileges. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-24165)

It was discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled the Intel HD audio device. A malicious guest attacker could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, leading to a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2021-3611)

It was discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled the ATI VGA device. A malicious guest attacker could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, leading to a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2021-3638)

It was discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled the VMWare paravirtual RDMA device. A malicious guest attacker could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2023-1544)

It was discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled the 9p passthrough filesystem. A malicious guest attacker could possibly use this issue to open special files and escape the exported 9p tree. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 23.04. (CVE-2023-2861)

It was discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled the virtual crypto device. A malicious guest attacker could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, leading to a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 23.04. (CVE-2023-3180)

It was discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled the built-in VNC server. A remote authenticated attacker could possibly use this issue to cause QEMU to stop responding, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and Ubuntu 23.04. (CVE-2023-3255)

It was discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled net device hot-unplugging. A malicious guest attacker could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, leading to a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and Ubuntu 23.04. (CVE-2023-3301)

It was discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled the built-in VNC server. 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, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 23.04. (CVE-2023-3354)

It was discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled NVME devices. A malicious guest attacker could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, leading to a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 23.10. (CVE-2023-40360)

It was discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled NVME devices. A malicious guest attacker could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, leading to a denial of service, or possibly obtain sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 23.10. (CVE-2023-4135)

It was discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled SCSI devices. A malicious guest attacker could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, leading to a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 23.04 and Ubuntu 23.10. (CVE-2023-42467)

It was discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled certain disk offsets. A malicious guest attacker could possibly use this issue to gain control of the host in certain nested virtualization scenarios. (CVE-2023-5088)

Record
USN-6567-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
qemu
Debian:12
before 1:5.0-1
1:5.0-1
qemu
Debian:13
before 1:5.0-1
1:5.0-1
qemu
Debian:14
before 1:5.0-1
1:5.0-1
qemu
Debian:10
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 1:3.1+dfsg-8+deb10u11, plus listed versions
1:3.1+dfsg-81:3.1+dfsg-8+deb10u101:3.1+dfsg-8+deb10u21:3.1+dfsg-8+deb10u31:3.1+dfsg-8+deb10u4
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1:3.1+dfsg-8+deb10u51:3.1+dfsg-8+deb10u61:3.1+dfsg-8+deb10u71:3.1+dfsg-8+deb10u81:3.1+dfsg-8+deb10u91:3.1+dfsg-8~deb10u1
1:3.1+dfsg-8+deb10u11
qemu
openEuler:20.03-LTS-SP1
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 4.1.0-76.oe1
4.1.0-76.oe1
qemu
openEuler:20.03-LTS-SP3
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 4.1.0-80.oe1
4.1.0-80.oe1
qemu
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
before 1:4.2-3ubuntu6.28, 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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1:4.2-3ubuntu21:4.2-3ubuntu31:4.2-3ubuntu41:4.2-3ubuntu51:4.2-3ubuntu61:4.2-3ubuntu6.11:4.2-3ubuntu6.21:4.2-3ubuntu6.31:4.2-3ubuntu6.41:4.2-3ubuntu6.51:4.2-3ubuntu6.61:4.2-3ubuntu6.71:4.2-3ubuntu6.81:4.2-3ubuntu6.91:4.2-3ubuntu6.101:4.2-3ubuntu6.111:4.2-3ubuntu6.121:4.2-3ubuntu6.141:4.2-3ubuntu6.151:4.2-3ubuntu6.161:4.2-3ubuntu6.171:4.2-3ubuntu6.181:4.2-3ubuntu6.191:4.2-3ubuntu6.211:4.2-3ubuntu6.231:4.2-3ubuntu6.241:4.2-3ubuntu6.251:4.2-3ubuntu6.261:4.2-3ubuntu6.27
1:4.2-3ubuntu6.28
qemu
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
From an advisory covering 11 CVEs
before 1:4.2-3ubuntu6.28, 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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1:4.2-3ubuntu21:4.2-3ubuntu31:4.2-3ubuntu41:4.2-3ubuntu51:4.2-3ubuntu61:4.2-3ubuntu6.11:4.2-3ubuntu6.21:4.2-3ubuntu6.31:4.2-3ubuntu6.41:4.2-3ubuntu6.51:4.2-3ubuntu6.61:4.2-3ubuntu6.71:4.2-3ubuntu6.81:4.2-3ubuntu6.91:4.2-3ubuntu6.101:4.2-3ubuntu6.111:4.2-3ubuntu6.121:4.2-3ubuntu6.141:4.2-3ubuntu6.151:4.2-3ubuntu6.161:4.2-3ubuntu6.171:4.2-3ubuntu6.181:4.2-3ubuntu6.191:4.2-3ubuntu6.211:4.2-3ubuntu6.231:4.2-3ubuntu6.241:4.2-3ubuntu6.251:4.2-3ubuntu6.261:4.2-3ubuntu6.27
1:4.2-3ubuntu6.28
qemu
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS
From an advisory covering 11 CVEs
before 1:6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu6.16, plus listed versions
1:6.0+dfsg-2expubuntu11:6.0+dfsg-2expubuntu21:6.0+dfsg-2expubuntu41:6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu51:6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu6
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1:6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu6.11:6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu6.21:6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu6.31:6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu6.41:6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu6.51:6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu6.61:6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu6.71:6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu6.81:6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu6.91:6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu6.101:6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu6.111:6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu6.121:6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu6.131:6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu6.141:6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu6.15
1:6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu6.16

History

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

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

In short

CVE-2020-24165 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Qemu, published August 28, 2023. Its validity is disputed. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.70%, the 53rd percentile. Fixed in qemu 1:5.0-1.

References

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