qemu — security advisory
An integer overflow was found in QEMU 4.0.1 through 4.2.0 in the way it implemented ATI VGA emulation. This flaw occurs in the ati_2d_blt() routine in hw/display/ati-2d.c while handling MMIO write operations through the ati_mm_write() callback. A malicious guest could abuse this flaw to crash the QEMU process, resulting in a denial of service.
- Products
- qemu
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 1:5.0-1
- CVEs
- CVE-2020-11869
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 12:59 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
An integer overflow was found in QEMU 4.0.1 through 4.2.0 in the way it implemented ATI VGA emulation. This flaw occurs in the ati_2d_blt() routine in hw/display/ati-2d.c while handling MMIO write operations through the ati_mm_write() callback. A malicious guest could abuse this flaw to crash the QEMU process, resulting in a denial of service.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2020-11869
qemu
Fixed versions: 1:5.0-1
qemu
Fixed versions: 1:5.0-1
qemu
Fixed versions: 1:5.0-1
Complete source record
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