CVE-2021-20257
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-20257
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-20257.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2021-20257
- Related
- Published
- 2022-03-16T15:15:09Z
- Modified
- 2024-10-12T06:46:43.925137Z
- 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 processtxdesc 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.
- References
-
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2021-02/msg07428.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-27
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220425-0003/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00008.html
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/02/25/2
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1930087
- https://github.com/qemu/qemu/commit/3de46e6fc489c52c9431a8a832ad8170a7569bd8
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-20257
Affected packages
Debian:11 / qemu
Package
- Name
- qemu
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/qemu?arch=source
Debian:12 / qemu
Package
- Name
- qemu
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/qemu?arch=source
Debian:13 / qemu
Package
- Name
- qemu
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/qemu?arch=source
Git / github.com/qemu/qemu
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://github.com/qemu/qemu
- Events
-
Introduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedFixed
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu
- Events
-
Introduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedFixed
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
v0.15.0-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