CVE-2021-20203
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5307-1
Severity Score
Exploit Likelihood
Affected Versions
Public Exploits
1Exploited in Wild
-Decision
Descriptions
An integer overflow issue was found in the vmxnet3 NIC emulator of the QEMU for versions up to v5.2.0. It may occur if a guest was to supply invalid values for rx/tx queue size or other NIC parameters. A privileged guest user may use this flaw to crash the QEMU process on the host resulting in DoS scenario.
Se encontró un problema de desbordamiento de enteros en el emulador de NIC vmxnet3 de QEMU para versiones hasta v5.2.0. Puede ocurrir si un invitado estaba suministrando valores no válidos para el tamaño de la cola rx/tx u otros parámetros de NIC. Un usuario invitado privilegiado puede usar este fallo para bloquear el proceso QEMU en el host, resultando en un escenario de DoS
Gaoning Pan discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled the floppy disk emulator. An attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service. Gaoning Pan discovered that the QEMU vmxnet3 NIC emulator incorrectly handled certain values. An attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service. It was discovered that the QEMU vhost-user GPU device contained several security issues. An attacker inside the guest could use these issues to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service, leak sensitive information, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 21.10.
CVSS Scores
SSVC
- Decision:-
Timeline
- 2020-12-17 CVE Reserved
- 2021-02-25 CVE Published
- 2024-08-03 CVE Updated
- 2024-08-03 First Exploit
- 2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
- ---------- Exploited in Wild
- ---------- KEV Due Date
CWE
- CWE-190: Integer Overflow or Wraparound
CAPEC
References (5)
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https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/04/msg00009.html | Mailing List |
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https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00008.html | Mailing List |
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URL | Date | SRC |
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/+bug/1913873 | 2024-08-03 |
URL | Date | SRC |
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1922441 | 2022-09-30 |
URL | Date | SRC |
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https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-27 | 2022-09-30 |
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | <-- --> | Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status |
Qemu Search vendor "Qemu" | Qemu Search vendor "Qemu" for product "Qemu" | <= 5.2.0 Search vendor "Qemu" for product "Qemu" and version " <= 5.2.0" | - |
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Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject" | Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" | 33 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "33" | - |
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Debian Search vendor "Debian" | Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" | 9.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "9.0" | - |
Affected
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Debian Search vendor "Debian" | Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" | 10.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "10.0" | - |
Affected
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