CVE-2021-20196
Published: 26 May 2021
A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the floppy disk emulator of QEMU. This issue occurs while processing read/write ioport commands if the selected floppy drive is not initialized with a block device. This flaw allows a privileged guest user to crash the QEMU process on the host, resulting in a denial of service. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
Priority
CVSS 3 base score: 6.5
Status
Package | Release | Status |
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qemu Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Released
(1:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.39)
|
focal |
Released
(1:4.2-3ubuntu6.21)
|
|
groovy |
Ignored
(reached end-of-life)
|
|
hirsute |
Ignored
(reached end-of-life)
|
|
impish |
Released
(1:6.0+dfsg-2expubuntu1.2)
|
|
jammy |
Released
(1:6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu5)
|
|
precise |
Does not exist
|
|
trusty |
Needed
|
|
upstream |
Needs triage
|
|
xenial |
Needed
|
|
qemu-kvm Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Does not exist
|
focal |
Does not exist
|
|
groovy |
Does not exist
|
|
hirsute |
Does not exist
|
|
impish |
Does not exist
|
|
jammy |
Does not exist
|
|
precise |
Ignored
(end of ESM support, was deferred [2021-11-17])
|
|
trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
upstream |
Needs triage
|
|
xenial |
Does not exist
|
|
xen Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Needs triage
|
focal |
Needs triage
|
|
groovy |
Ignored
(reached end-of-life)
|
|
hirsute |
Ignored
(reached end-of-life)
|
|
impish |
Needs triage
|
|
jammy |
Needs triage
|
|
precise |
Does not exist
|
|
trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
upstream |
Needs triage
|
|
xenial |
Needs triage
|