Description
An integer overflow issue was found in the vmxnet3 NIC emulator of the QEMU for versions up to v5.2.0. It may occur if a guest was to supply invalid values for rx/tx queue size or other NIC parameters. A privileged guest user may use this flaw to crash the QEMU process on the host resulting in DoS scenario.
Published: 2021-02-25
Score: 3.2 Low
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2623-1 qemu security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3099-1 qemu security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-7647 An integer overflow issue was found in the vmxnet3 NIC emulator of the QEMU for versions up to v5.2.0. It may occur if a guest was to supply invalid values for rx/tx queue size or other NIC parameters. A privileged guest user may use this flaw to crash the QEMU process on the host resulting in DoS scenario.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-5307-1 QEMU vulnerabilities
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Debian Debian Linux
Fedoraproject Fedora
Qemu Qemu
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-03T17:30:07.577Z

Reserved: 2020-12-17T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-20203

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-02-25T20:15:11.597

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:46:07.413

Link: CVE-2021-20203

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2021-01-30T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2021-20203 - Bugzilla

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