CVE-2021-20255
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-20255
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-20255.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2021-20255
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2021-03-09T20:15:13Z
- Modified
- 2025-08-09T20:01:27Z
- Severity
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- 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
- [none]
- Details
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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
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- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1930646
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/04/msg00009.html
- https://ruhr-uni-bochum.sciebo.de/s/NNWP2GfwzYKeKwE?path=%2Feepro100_stackoverflow1
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210507-0003/
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/02/25/1