Security advisory

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  "id": "57359156cd56927d8083ef65f68125874ba6510ca02f5d438cfb4be99ee2242d",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-24165",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2020-24165",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2020-24165",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
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      "id": "CVE-2020-24165",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2020-24165"
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      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
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              "repo": "https://github.com/qemu/qemu",
              "type": "GIT",
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                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:4.2.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "4.2.0-NA"
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                      {
                        "last_affected": "4.2.0-NA"
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                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
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              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "4.2.0-NA",
            "v4.2.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
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          }
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              ],
              "database_specific": {
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                  {
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                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "4.2.0-NA"
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                      {
                        "last_affected": "4.2.0-NA"
                      }
                    ],
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                  }
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              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "4.2.0-NA",
            "v4.2.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-24165.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:29.611784628Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00006.html",
        "https://pastebin.com/iqCbjdT8",
        "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231006-0012/",
        "https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/+bug/1863025"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "unresolved_ranges": [
          {
            "cpes": [
              "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
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            "vendor_product": "debian:debian_linux",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
                  {
                    "introduced": "10.0"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "10.0"
                  }
                ],
                "source": "CPE_STRING"
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2020-24165",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 432361,
  "published_at": "2023-08-28T21:15:07.51+00:00"
}