A reachable assertion issue was found in the USB EHCI emulation code of QEMU. It could occur while processing USB requests due to missing handling of DMA memory map failure. A malicious privileged user within the guest may abuse this flaw to send bogus USB requests and crash the QEMU process on the host, resulting in a denial of service.
CVE-2020-25723
Score 3.2 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2022-05-24. NVD baseline CVSS 3.2; sources differ by 0.0.
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 3.2
- EG Score
- 3.2(medium)
- EG Risk
- 19(Track)EG Risk 19/100SSVC: Track
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity32% × 45%Exploitation0% × 40%Automatability30% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 0%
- EPSS %ILE
- 30%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
December 2, 2020
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
References (8)
- secalert@redhathttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/12/22/1
- secalert@redhathttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1898579
- secalert@redhathttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00008.html
- secalert@redhathttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20201218-0004/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/12/22/1
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1898579
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00008.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20201218-0004/
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2020-25723(3)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
- RHSA-2021:1762Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: virt:rhel and virt-devel:rhel security, bug fix, and enhancement update
- RHSA-2021:0648Red Hat Product SecurityLow
Red Hat Security Advisory: virt:8.2 and virt-devel:8.2 security update
- RHBA-2021:0639Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Bug Fix Advisory: virt:8.3 bug fix and enhancement update
Patch Availability(5)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | qemu-utils (1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.48) @ xenial | 2026-05-23 | ubuntu |
| redhat | virt:rhel-8040020210317013608.9f9e2e7e | 2021-05-18 | redhat |
| redhat | virt:rhel-8020020210203192122.4cda2c84 | 2021-03-09 | redhat |
| redhat | virt-devel:8.2-8020120210203174743.863bb0db | 2021-02-23 | redhat |
| redhat | virt-devel:8.3-8030120210211160750.71132145 | 2021-02-22 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(6 across 6 ecosystems)
Debian:10(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| qemu | 1:3.1+dfsg-8 ... 1:3.1+dfsg-8~deb10u1 (9 versions) | 1:3.1+dfsg-8+deb10u9 | — |
Debian:11(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| qemu | — | 1:5.2+dfsg-1 | — |
Debian:12(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| qemu | — | 1:5.2+dfsg-1 | — |
Debian:13(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| qemu | — | 1:5.2+dfsg-1 | — |
Debian:14(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| qemu | — | 1:5.2+dfsg-1 | — |
Debian:9(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| qemu | 1:2.8+dfsg-6 ... 1:2.8+dfsg-6+deb9u9 (12 versions) | 1:2.8+dfsg-6+deb9u12 | — |
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Additional Vendor Advisories
(3)
Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.
- Microsoft MSRCCVE-2020-257232020-12-08
A reachable assertion issue was found in the USB EHCI emulation code of QEMU. It could occur while processing USB requests due to missing handling of DMA memory map failure. A malicious privileged user within the guest may abuse this flaw to send bogus USB requests and crash the QEMU process on the host resulting in a denial of service.
- Red HatRHSA-2021:0771LOW2020-08-12
RHSA-2021:0771 — Low
- UbuntuUSN-4650-1MEDIUM
QEMU vulnerabilities
Data Freshness Timeline
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