Import Source
https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-35149.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/AZL-35149
Upstream
Published
2021-03-09T20:15:13Z
Modified
2026-04-01T05:12:53.148659Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
CVE-2021-20255 affecting package qemu for versions less than 6.2.0-18
Details

A stack overflow via an infinite recursion vulnerability was found in the eepro100 i8255x device emulator of QEMU. This issue occurs while processing controller commands due to a DMA reentry issue. This flaw allows a guest user or process to consume CPU cycles or crash the QEMU process on the host, resulting in a denial of service. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

References

Affected packages

Azure Linux:3 / qemu

Package

Name
qemu
Purl
pkg:rpm/azure-linux/qemu

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
6.2.0-18

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-35149.json"