CVE-2021-20257

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-20257
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-20257.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2021-20257
Downstream
Related
Published
2022-03-16T15:15:09Z
Modified
2026-08-18T14:32:24Z
Severity
  • 6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

An infinite loop flaw was found in the e1000 NIC emulator of the QEMU. This issue occurs while processing transmits (tx) descriptors in process_tx_desc if various descriptor fields are initialized with invalid values. This flaw allows a guest to consume CPU cycles on the host, resulting in a denial of service. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

Database specific 
{
    "unresolved_ranges": [
        {
            "cpes": [
                "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "introduced": "10.0"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "10.0"
                }
            ],
            "source": "CPE_STRING",
            "vendor_product": "debian:debian_linux"
        },
        {
            "cpes": [
                "cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "introduced": "33"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "33"
                }
            ],
            "source": "CPE_STRING",
            "vendor_product": "fedoraproject:fedora"
        },
        {
            "cpes": [
                "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:advanced_virtualization:*:*:*"
            ],
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "introduced": "6.0"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "6.0"
                },
                {
                    "introduced": "8.0"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "8.0"
                },
                {
                    "introduced": "8.0"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "8.0"
                }
            ],
            "source": "CPE_STRING",
            "vendor_product": "redhat:enterprise_linux"
        },
        {
            "cpes": [
                "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "introduced": "8.0"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "8.0"
                }
            ],
            "source": "CPE_STRING",
            "vendor_product": "redhat:enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems"
        },
        {
            "cpes": [
                "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_power_little_endian:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "introduced": "8.0"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "8.0"
                }
            ],
            "source": "CPE_STRING",
            "vendor_product": "redhat:enterprise_linux_for_power_little_endian"
        },
        {
            "cpes": [
                "cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack_platform:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack_platform:13.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "introduced": "10.0"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "10.0"
                },
                {
                    "introduced": "13.0"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "13.0"
                }
            ],
            "source": "CPE_STRING",
            "vendor_product": "redhat:openstack_platform"
        }
    ]
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/qemu/qemu

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/qemu/qemu
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
44f28df24767cf9dca1ddc9b23157737c4cbb645
Fixed
3de46e6fc489c52c9431a8a832ad8170a7569bd8
Database specific
Show details 
{
    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "fixed": "6.2.0"
        }
    ],
    "source": [
        "CPE_RANGE",
        "REFERENCES"
    ]
}

Affected versions

v0.*
v0.1.0
v0.1.1
v0.1.3
v0.1.4
v0.1.5
v0.1.6
v0.11.0-rc0
v0.12.0-rc0
v0.13.0-rc0
v0.14.0-rc0
v0.2.0
v0.3.0
v0.4.0
v0.4.1
v0.4.2
v0.4.3
v0.4.4
v0.5.0
v1.*
v1.0
v1.0-rc0
v1.0-rc1
v1.0-rc2
v1.0-rc3
v1.0-rc4
v1.1-rc0
v1.1-rc1
v1.1-rc2
v1.1.0
v1.1.0-rc2
v1.1.0-rc3
v1.1.0-rc4
v1.2.0
v1.2.0-rc0
v1.2.0-rc1
v1.2.0-rc2
v1.2.0-rc3
v1.3.0
v1.3.0-rc0
v1.3.0-rc1
v1.3.0-rc2
v1.4.0
v1.4.0-rc0
v1.4.0-rc1
v1.4.0-rc2
v1.5.0
v1.5.0-rc0
v1.5.0-rc1
v1.5.0-rc2
v1.5.0-rc3
v1.6.0
v1.6.0-rc0
v1.6.0-rc1
v1.6.0-rc2
v1.6.0-rc3
v1.7.0
v1.7.0-rc0
v1.7.0-rc1
v1.7.0-rc2
v2.*
v2.0.0
v2.0.0-rc0
v2.0.0-rc1
v2.0.0-rc2
v2.0.0-rc3
v2.1.0
v2.1.0-rc0
v2.1.0-rc1
v2.1.0-rc2
v2.1.0-rc3
v2.1.0-rc4
v2.1.0-rc5
v2.10.0
v2.10.0-rc0
v2.10.0-rc1
v2.10.0-rc2
v2.10.0-rc3
v2.10.0-rc4
v2.11.0
v2.11.0-rc0
v2.11.0-rc1
v2.11.0-rc2
v2.11.0-rc3
v2.11.0-rc4
v2.11.0-rc5
v2.12.0
v2.12.0-rc0
v2.12.0-rc1
v2.12.0-rc2
v2.12.0-rc3
v2.12.0-rc4
v2.2.0
v2.2.0-rc0
v2.2.0-rc1
v2.2.0-rc2
v2.2.0-rc3
v2.2.0-rc4
v2.2.0-rc5
v2.3.0
v2.3.0-rc0
v2.3.0-rc1
v2.3.0-rc2
v2.3.0-rc3
v2.3.0-rc4
v2.4.0
v2.4.0-rc0
v2.4.0-rc1
v2.4.0-rc2
v2.4.0-rc3
v2.4.0-rc4
v2.5.0
v2.5.0-rc0
v2.5.0-rc1
v2.5.0-rc2
v2.5.0-rc3
v2.5.0-rc4
v2.6.0
v2.6.0-rc0
v2.6.0-rc1
v2.6.0-rc2
v2.6.0-rc3
v2.6.0-rc4
v2.6.0-rc5
v2.7.0
v2.7.0-rc0
v2.7.0-rc1
v2.7.0-rc2
v2.7.0-rc3
v2.7.0-rc4
v2.7.0-rc5
v2.8.0
v2.8.0-rc0
v2.8.0-rc1
v2.8.0-rc2
v2.8.0-rc3
v2.8.0-rc4
v2.9.0
v2.9.0-rc0
v2.9.0-rc1
v2.9.0-rc2
v2.9.0-rc3
v2.9.0-rc4
v2.9.0-rc5
v3.*
v3.0.0
v3.0.0-rc0
v3.0.0-rc1
v3.0.0-rc2
v3.0.0-rc3
v3.0.0-rc4
v3.1.0
v3.1.0-rc0
v3.1.0-rc1
v3.1.0-rc2
v3.1.0-rc3
v3.1.0-rc4
v3.1.0-rc5
v4.*
v4.0.0
v4.0.0-rc0
v4.0.0-rc1
v4.0.0-rc2
v4.0.0-rc3
v4.0.0-rc4
v4.1.0
v4.1.0-rc0
v4.1.0-rc1
v4.1.0-rc2
v4.1.0-rc3
v4.1.0-rc4
v4.1.0-rc5
v4.2.0
v4.2.0-rc0
v4.2.0-rc1
v4.2.0-rc2
v4.2.0-rc3
v4.2.0-rc4
v4.2.0-rc5
v5.*
v5.0.0
v5.0.0-rc0
v5.0.0-rc1
v5.0.0-rc2
v5.0.0-rc3
v5.0.0-rc4
v5.1.0
v5.1.0-rc0
v5.1.0-rc1
v5.1.0-rc2
v5.1.0-rc3
v5.2.0
v5.2.0-rc0
v5.2.0-rc1
v5.2.0-rc2
v5.2.0-rc3
v5.2.0-rc4
v6.*
v6.0.0
v6.0.0-rc0
v6.0.0-rc1
v6.0.0-rc2
v6.0.0-rc3
v6.0.0-rc4
v6.0.0-rc5
v6.1.0
v6.1.0-rc0
v6.1.0-rc1
v6.1.0-rc2
v6.1.0-rc3
v6.1.0-rc4
v6.2.0-rc0
v6.2.0-rc1
v6.2.0-rc3
v6.2.0-rc4

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-20257.json"
vanir_signatures 
[
    {
        "deprecated": false,
        "digest": {
            "line_hashes": [
                "329706429473765259517689356504383791492",
                "154338977825659974196469261617724970540",
                "138725447363853093607423715816917270999",
                "213391946075263112023911145032770945106",
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                "239561528707886833625656292146429702255",
                "339296711403291779394022449832608494132"
            ],
            "threshold": 0.9
        },
        "id": "CVE-2021-20257-24f7dbe2",
        "signature_type": "Line",
        "signature_version": "v1",
        "source": "https://github.com/qemu/qemu/commit/3de46e6fc489c52c9431a8a832ad8170a7569bd8",
        "target": {
            "file": "hw/net/e1000.c"
        }
    },
    {
        "deprecated": false,
        "digest": {
            "function_hash": "122197751555233936760137043317714801680",
            "length": 2378
        },
        "id": "CVE-2021-20257-d83bc32f",
        "signature_type": "Function",
        "signature_version": "v1",
        "source": "https://github.com/qemu/qemu/commit/3de46e6fc489c52c9431a8a832ad8170a7569bd8",
        "target": {
            "file": "hw/net/e1000.c",
            "function": "process_tx_desc"
        }
    }
]
vanir_signatures_modified 
"2026-08-18T14:32:24Z"

Git / gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
44f28df24767cf9dca1ddc9b23157737c4cbb645
Database specific
Show details 
{
    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "fixed": "6.2.0"
        }
    ],
    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
}

Affected versions

v0.*
v0.1.0
v0.1.1
v0.1.3
v0.1.4
v0.1.5
v0.1.6
v0.11.0-rc0
v0.12.0-rc0
v0.13.0-rc0
v0.14.0-rc0
v0.2.0
v0.3.0
v0.4.0
v0.4.1
v0.4.2
v0.4.3
v0.4.4
v0.5.0
v1.*
v1.0
v1.0-rc0
v1.0-rc1
v1.0-rc2
v1.0-rc3
v1.0-rc4
v1.1-rc0
v1.1-rc1
v1.1-rc2
v1.1.0
v1.1.0-rc2
v1.1.0-rc3
v1.1.0-rc4
v1.2.0
v1.2.0-rc0
v1.2.0-rc1
v1.2.0-rc2
v1.2.0-rc3
v1.3.0
v1.3.0-rc0
v1.3.0-rc1
v1.3.0-rc2
v1.4.0
v1.4.0-rc0
v1.4.0-rc1
v1.4.0-rc2
v1.5.0
v1.5.0-rc0
v1.5.0-rc1
v1.5.0-rc2
v1.5.0-rc3
v1.6.0
v1.6.0-rc0
v1.6.0-rc1
v1.6.0-rc2
v1.6.0-rc3
v1.7.0
v1.7.0-rc0
v1.7.0-rc1
v1.7.0-rc2
v2.*
v2.0.0
v2.0.0-rc0
v2.0.0-rc1
v2.0.0-rc2
v2.0.0-rc3
v2.1.0
v2.1.0-rc0
v2.1.0-rc1
v2.1.0-rc2
v2.1.0-rc3
v2.1.0-rc4
v2.1.0-rc5
v2.10.0
v2.10.0-rc0
v2.10.0-rc1
v2.10.0-rc2
v2.10.0-rc3
v2.10.0-rc4
v2.11.0
v2.11.0-rc0
v2.11.0-rc1
v2.11.0-rc2
v2.11.0-rc3
v2.11.0-rc4
v2.11.0-rc5
v2.12.0
v2.12.0-rc0
v2.12.0-rc1
v2.12.0-rc2
v2.12.0-rc3
v2.12.0-rc4
v2.2.0
v2.2.0-rc0
v2.2.0-rc1
v2.2.0-rc2
v2.2.0-rc3
v2.2.0-rc4
v2.2.0-rc5
v2.3.0
v2.3.0-rc0
v2.3.0-rc1
v2.3.0-rc2
v2.3.0-rc3
v2.3.0-rc4
v2.4.0
v2.4.0-rc0
v2.4.0-rc1
v2.4.0-rc2
v2.4.0-rc3
v2.4.0-rc4
v2.5.0
v2.5.0-rc0
v2.5.0-rc1
v2.5.0-rc2
v2.5.0-rc3
v2.5.0-rc4
v2.6.0
v2.6.0-rc0
v2.6.0-rc1
v2.6.0-rc2
v2.6.0-rc3
v2.6.0-rc4
v2.6.0-rc5
v2.7.0
v2.7.0-rc0
v2.7.0-rc1
v2.7.0-rc2
v2.7.0-rc3
v2.7.0-rc4
v2.7.0-rc5
v2.8.0
v2.8.0-rc0
v2.8.0-rc1
v2.8.0-rc2
v2.8.0-rc3
v2.8.0-rc4
v2.9.0
v2.9.0-rc0
v2.9.0-rc1
v2.9.0-rc2
v2.9.0-rc3
v2.9.0-rc4
v2.9.0-rc5
v3.*
v3.0.0
v3.0.0-rc0
v3.0.0-rc1
v3.0.0-rc2
v3.0.0-rc3
v3.0.0-rc4
v3.1.0
v3.1.0-rc0
v3.1.0-rc1
v3.1.0-rc2
v3.1.0-rc3
v3.1.0-rc4
v3.1.0-rc5
v4.*
v4.0.0
v4.0.0-rc0
v4.0.0-rc1
v4.0.0-rc2
v4.0.0-rc3
v4.0.0-rc4
v4.1.0
v4.1.0-rc0
v4.1.0-rc1
v4.1.0-rc2
v4.1.0-rc3
v4.1.0-rc4
v4.1.0-rc5
v4.2.0
v4.2.0-rc0
v4.2.0-rc1
v4.2.0-rc2
v4.2.0-rc3
v4.2.0-rc4
v4.2.0-rc5
v5.*
v5.0.0
v5.0.0-rc0
v5.0.0-rc1
v5.0.0-rc2
v5.0.0-rc3
v5.0.0-rc4
v5.1.0
v5.1.0-rc0
v5.1.0-rc1
v5.1.0-rc2
v5.1.0-rc3
v5.2.0
v5.2.0-rc0
v5.2.0-rc1
v5.2.0-rc2
v5.2.0-rc3
v5.2.0-rc4
v6.*
v6.0.0
v6.0.0-rc0
v6.0.0-rc1
v6.0.0-rc2
v6.0.0-rc3
v6.0.0-rc4
v6.0.0-rc5
v6.1.0
v6.1.0-rc0
v6.1.0-rc1
v6.1.0-rc2
v6.1.0-rc3
v6.1.0-rc4
v6.2.0-rc0
v6.2.0-rc1
v6.2.0-rc3
v6.2.0-rc4

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-20257.json"