# CVE-2020-16092: In QEMU through 5.0.0, an assertion failure can occur in the network packet processing.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2020-08-11 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

In QEMU through 5.0.0, an assertion failure can occur in the network packet processing. This issue affects the e1000e and vmxnet3 network devices. A malicious guest user/process could use this flaw to abort the QEMU process on the host, resulting in a denial of service condition in net_tx_pkt_add_raw_fragment in hw/net/net_tx_pkt.c.

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## References

- https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2020-07/msg07563.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/08/10/1
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200821-0006/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4467-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4760
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00013.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00024.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-27

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