Name: CVE-2020-25743: NULL Pointer Dereference
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2020-10-06T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2020-25743, CWE-476, CVSS 3.2, EPSS 0.00044

hw/ide/pci.c in QEMU before 5.1.1 can trigger a NULL pointer dereference because it lacks a pointer check before an ide_cancel_dma_sync call.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 3.2
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Alpine Linux	—	Upgrade qemu	Aug 22, 2024	Oct 6, 2020
Debian	—	No solution exists	May 15, 2025	Oct 6, 2020
Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp9	—	Upgrade qemu-img	Jan 28, 2022	Oct 6, 2020
Redhat_linux	—	No solution exists	Jul 9, 2025	Oct 6, 2020
Ubuntu	—	No solution exists	Jun 26, 2025	Oct 6, 2020

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CVSS Details

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