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CVE-2020-14415

• Severity: low (CVSS 3.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2020-08-27 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-369

Description

oss_write in audio/ossaudio.c in QEMU before 5.0.0 mishandles a buffer position.

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 16.04, 18.04, 20.04
• QEMU: before 5.0.0 — fixed in 5.0.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: QEMU 5.0.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7a4ede0047a8613b0e3b72c9d351038f013dd357
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/4467-1/
• https://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7a4ede0047a8613b0e3b72c9d351038f013dd357
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/4467-1/

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