CVE-2021-3748

Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3748
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-3748.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2021-3748
Downstream
Related
Published
2022-03-23T20:15:09Z
Modified
2025-09-19T13:09:44.820757Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

A use-after-free vulnerability was found in the virtio-net device of QEMU. It could occur when the descriptor's address belongs to the non direct access region, due to num_buffers being set after the virtqueue elem has been unmapped. A malicious guest could use this flaw to crash QEMU, resulting in a denial of service condition, or potentially execute code on the host with the privileges of the QEMU process.

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
Type
GIT
Repo
https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu
Events

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

Database specific

{
    "vanir_signatures": [
        {
            "deprecated": false,
            "target": {
                "file": "hw/net/virtio-net.c",
                "function": "virtio_net_receive_rcu"
            },
            "signature_version": "v1",
            "id": "CVE-2021-3748-63a59022",
            "signature_type": "Function",
            "digest": {
                "length": 2573.0,
                "function_hash": "14770436477810317024841570451115134811"
            },
            "source": "https://github.com/qemu/qemu/commit/bedd7e93d01961fcb16a97ae45d93acf357e11f6"
        },
        {
            "deprecated": false,
            "target": {
                "file": "hw/net/virtio-net.c"
            },
            "signature_version": "v1",
            "id": "CVE-2021-3748-b289847e",
            "signature_type": "Line",
            "digest": {
                "threshold": 0.9,
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                    "112643539357749891484797476986660340522",
                    "259192748648542531221030014246801045362"
                ]
            },
            "source": "https://github.com/qemu/qemu/commit/bedd7e93d01961fcb16a97ae45d93acf357e11f6"
        }
    ]
}