CVE-2021-3546
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CVE-2021-3546 is a high-severity vulnerability rated 8.2/10 on the CVSS scale. An out-of-bounds write vulnerability was found in the virtio vhost-user GPU device (vhost-user-gpu) of QEMU in versions up to and including 6.0. The flaw occurs while processing the 'VIRTIO_GPU_CMD_GET_CAPSET' command from the guest. EPSS estimates a 0.46% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
An out-of-bounds write vulnerability was found in the virtio vhost-user GPU device (vhost-user-gpu) of QEMU in versions up to and including 6.0. The flaw occurs while processing the 'VIRTIO_GPU_CMD_GET_CAPSET' command from the guest. It could allow a privileged guest user to crash the QEMU process on the host, resulting in a denial of service condition, or potential code execution with the privileges of the QEMU process.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Qemu | Qemu | <= 6.0.0 |
| Debian | Debian Linux | 11.0 |
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/31/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1958978Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-27Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210720-0008/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4980Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/31/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1958978Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-27Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210720-0008/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4980Third Party Advisory
Timeline
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- Status
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