QEMU megasas-gen2 SCSI Host Bus Adapter Emulation hw/scsi/megasas.c megasas_command_cancelled denial of service
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Summary
A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in QEMU. Impacted is the function megasas_command_cancelled of the file hw/scsi/megasas.c of the component megasas-gen2 SCSI Host Bus Adapter Emulation. Performing a manipulation results in denial of service.
This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2020-35503. There is no exploit available.
Details
A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in QEMU (Virtualization Software) (affected version not known). This affects the function megasas_command_cancelled of the file hw/scsi/megasas.c of the component megasas-gen2 SCSI Host Bus Adapter Emulation. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. This is going to have an impact on availability.
The weakness was shared 01/13/2021. It is possible to read the advisory at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2020-35503. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 232173 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2020-35503), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (232173). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.
Product
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Website
- Product: https://www.qemu.org/
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 3.5VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.5
VulDB Base Score: 3.5
VulDB Temp Score: 3.5
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Exploiting
Class: Denial of serviceCWE: CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Partially
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Status: Not defined
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Nessus ID: 232173
Nessus Name: Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2020-35503
Threat Intelligence
Interest: 🔍Active Actors: 🔍
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Countermeasures
Recommended: no mitigation knownStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
12/17/2020 🔍01/13/2021 🔍
01/13/2021 🔍
03/06/2025 🔍
Sources
Product: qemu.orgAdvisory: bugzilla.redhat.com
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2020-35503 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2020-35503
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-167799
Entry
Created: 01/13/2021 13:52Updated: 03/06/2025 18:54
Changes: 01/13/2021 13:52 (37), 02/13/2021 01:39 (1), 03/06/2025 18:54 (16)
Complete: 🔍
Submitter: CSieberg
Cache ID: 216::103
Submit
Accepted
- Submit #5842: CVE-2020-35503 - NULL Pointer in QEMU (by CSieberg)
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