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CVE-2020-7211

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CVE-2020-7211 describes a directory traversal vulnerability in tftp.c of libslirp 4.1.0, affecting QEMU 4.2.0 on Windows. An unauthenticated attacker can exploit this flaw over the network to read arbitrary files outside the intended TFTP directory. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), this vulnerability allows for high confidentiality impact without requiring user interaction or complex attack conditions. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libslirp_project:libslirp:4.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:4.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.14%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0414 is in the 82nd percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (5)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 16843-16820Fixed in: 4.2.0-13
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: CBL Mariner 1.0 x64Fixed in: 4.2.0-13
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: CBL Mariner 1.0 ARMFixed in: 4.2.0-13
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cm1 qemu-kvm 4.2.0-13 on CBL Mariner 1.0Fixed in: 4.2.0-13
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.3Fixed in: slirp4netns-0:0.4.2-3.git21fdece.el8
View patch

Vendor Advisories (3)

microsoft2020-Aug/CVE-2020-7211

CVE-2020-7211

Aug 11, 2020
microsoft2020-Jan/CVE-2020-7211Important

tftp.c in libslirp 4.1.0 as used in QEMU 4.2.0 does not prevent ..\ directory traversal on Windows.

Jan 14, 2020
redhatCVE-2020-7211Low

QEMU: Slirp: potential directory traversal using relative paths via tftp server on Windows host

Dec 30, 2019

References

gitlab.freedesktop.org / slirp/libslirp/commit/14ec36e107a8c9af7d0a80c3571fe39b291ff1d4
PatchThird Party Advisory
security-tracker.debian.org / tracker/CVE-2020-7211
Third Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2020/01/17/2
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory