UBUNTU-CVE-2021-45464

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-45464
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2021/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-45464.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-45464
Upstream
  • CVE-2021-45464
Downstream
Related
Published
2023-04-15T23:15:00Z
Modified
2026-04-14T09:41:51.258844Z
Severity
  • 8.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • 8.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - high
Summary
[none]
Details

kvmtool through 39181fc allows an out-of-bounds write, related to virtio/balloon.c and virtio/pci.c. This allows a guest OS user to execute arbitrary code on the host machine.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / kvmtool

Package

Name
kvmtool
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/kvmtool@0.20151104-1ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.20151104-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

Affected versions

0.*
0.20150908-1
0.20151104-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "kvmtool",
            "binary_version": "0.20151104-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2021/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-45464.json"

Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS / kvmtool

Package

Name
kvmtool
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/kvmtool@0.20170904-1ubuntu0.18.04.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.20170904-1ubuntu0.18.04.1~esm1

Affected versions

0.*
0.20161128-1
0.20170904-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "kvmtool",
            "binary_version": "0.20170904-1ubuntu0.18.04.1~esm1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2021/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-45464.json"

Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS / kvmtool

Package

Name
kvmtool
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/kvmtool@0.20170904-1ubuntu0.20.04.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.20170904-1ubuntu0.20.04.1~esm1

Affected versions

0.*
0.20170904-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "kvmtool",
            "binary_version": "0.20170904-1ubuntu0.20.04.1~esm1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2021/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-45464.json"

Ubuntu:Pro:22.04:LTS / kvmtool

Package

Name
kvmtool
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/kvmtool@0.20170904-1.1ubuntu0.1~esm2?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/jammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.20170904-1.1ubuntu0.1~esm2

Affected versions

0.*
0.20170904-1.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "kvmtool",
            "binary_version": "0.20170904-1.1ubuntu0.1~esm2"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2021/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-45464.json"