CVE-2021-20221
Published: 13 May 2021
An out-of-bounds heap buffer access issue was found in the ARM Generic Interrupt Controller emulator of QEMU up to and including qemu 4.2.0on aarch64 platform. The issue occurs because while writing an interrupt ID to the controller memory area, it is not masked to be 4 bits wide. It may lead to the said issue while updating controller state fields and their subsequent processing. A privileged guest user may use this flaw to crash the QEMU process on the host resulting in DoS scenario.
Priority
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
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qemu Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Released
(1:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.37)
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| focal |
Released
(1:4.2-3ubuntu6.17)
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| groovy |
Released
(1:5.0-5ubuntu9.9)
|
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| hirsute |
Released
(1:5.2+dfsg-6ubuntu2)
|
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| impish |
Released
(1:5.2+dfsg-6ubuntu2)
|
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| jammy |
Released
(1:5.2+dfsg-6ubuntu2)
|
|
| kinetic |
Released
(1:5.2+dfsg-6ubuntu2)
|
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| lunar |
Released
(1:5.2+dfsg-6ubuntu2)
|
|
| trusty |
Needed
|
|
| upstream |
Needs triage
|
|
| xenial |
Needed
|
|
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Patches: upstream: https://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=edfe2eb4360cde4ed5d95bda7777edcb3510f76a |
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qemu-kvm Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Does not exist
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| focal |
Does not exist
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| groovy |
Does not exist
|
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| hirsute |
Does not exist
|
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| impish |
Does not exist
|
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| jammy |
Does not exist
|
|
| kinetic |
Does not exist
|
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| lunar |
Does not exist
|
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| trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Needs triage
|
|
| xenial |
Does not exist
|
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Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 6.0 |
| Attack vector | Local |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | High |
| User interaction | None |
| Scope | Changed |
| Confidentiality | None |
| Integrity impact | None |
| Availability impact | High |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H |