CVE-2020-10761
Status: ModifiedMedium (5)—
An assertion failure issue was found in the Network Block Device(NBD) Server in all QEMU versions before QEMU 5.0.1. This flaw occurs when an nbd-client sends a spec-compliant request that is near the boundary of maximum permitted request length. A remote nbd-client could use this flaw to crash the qemu-nbd server resulting in a denial of service.
CVSS
- Version: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L
- Base score: 5
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 1.80%
- Percentile among all scored CVEs: 78
- Score date: 10/7/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
Affected technologies (4)
CWEs
- CWE-617
- CWE-617
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00086.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-10761
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202011-09
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200731-0001/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4467-1/
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/06/09/1
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00086.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-10761
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202011-09
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200731-0001/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4467-1/
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/06/09/1
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