Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2020-24352

medium Nessus Plugin ID 229920

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Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

- An issue was discovered in QEMU through 5.1.0. An out-of-bounds memory access was found in the ATI VGA device implementation. 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 use this flaw to crash the QEMU process on the host, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2020-24352)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 229920

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2020_24352.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/5/2025

Updated: 4/28/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-24352

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:U/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-guest-agent, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-img, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-tools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-common, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-block-curl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-block-rbd, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-core, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:qemu, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-docs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-ui-opengl, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-audio-pa, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-gpu, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-gpu-ccw, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-gpu-gl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-gpu-pci, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-gpu-pci-gl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-vga, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-vga-gl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-device-usb-host, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-device-usb-redirect, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-ui-egl-headless, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-pr-helper, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-block-blkio, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.04, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:26.04

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/16/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-24352

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