CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2021-20203

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.

2.1 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 2.9

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

Scope

3.2 /10

CVSS v3.0 : LOW

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.5 / Impact : 1.4

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required HIGH

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact LOW

Scope CHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1922441 Issue Tracking Patch
https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/+bug/1913873 Exploit Patch
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/04/msg00009.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-27 Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00008.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2021-02-25 08:15

Updated : 2022-09-30 07:32

NVD link : CVE-2021-20203

Mitre link : CVE-2021-20203

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-190