high8.2
CVE-2021-3546
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.
Impact
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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Qemu | Qemu | through 6.0.0 |
| Debian | Debian Linux | Version 11.0 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/31/1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1958978
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-27
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210720-0008/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4980
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/31/1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1958978
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-27
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210720-0008/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4980