HOMEVULNERABILITIESCVE-2020-10702
MEDIUM

CVE-2020-10702

CWE-325Published: June 4, 2020· Updated: Jun 17, 2026

5.5
CVSS v3.1

Official Description

A flaw was found in QEMU in the implementation of the Pointer Authentication (PAuth) support for ARM introduced in version 4.0 and fixed in version 5.0.0. A general failure of the signature generation process caused every PAuth-enforced pointer to be signed with the same signature. A local attacker could obtain the signature of a protected pointer and abuse this flaw to bypass PAuth protection for all programs running on QEMU.

NVD Source

Technical Analysis

CVE-2020-10702 requires local access, meaning attackers must already have a foothold on the target system.

Exploitation requires low privileges, which limits the exposure to scenarios where an attacker has already gained initial access.

A successful exploit results in complete confidentiality breach (data exposure), with a CVSS base score of 5.5.

CVSS v3.1 Vector Breakdown

Exploitability
Attack VectorLocal
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges Req.Low
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
Impact
ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityNone
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected Vendors & Products

qemu1 product(s)
qemu
Source: NVD CPE · 1 total CPE entries

Exploit & PoC Resources

NO KNOWN EXPLOITNo public exploit confirmed at this time
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Official Patches & Advisories

ADVISORYhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-10702
ADVISORYhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200724-0007/
ADVISORYhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-10702
ADVISORYhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200724-0007/

All References (6)

→
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-10702Issue Tracking · Third Party Advisory
→
https://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=de0b1bae6461f67243282555475f88b2384a1eb9
→
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200724-0007/Third Party Advisory
→
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-10702Issue Tracking · Third Party Advisory
→
https://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=de0b1bae6461f67243282555475f88b2384a1eb9
→
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200724-0007/Third Party Advisory

Quick Facts

CVE IDCVE-2020-10702
CVSS Score5.5 / 10
SeverityMEDIUM
WeaknessCWE-325
CISA KEVNo
Affected1 vendor(s)
PublishedJun 4, 2020

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Recommended Actions

  • →Apply vendor patches immediately
  • →Monitor CVE-2020-10702 in threat intel feeds
  • →Review IDS/IPS signatures for exploitation attempts
Data sourced from NVD (NIST), CISA KEV, and EPSS (FIRST). Analysis generated by CTIWATCH.COM. CVE data is provided under the NVD usage policy.
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