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CVE-2021-3546

Publication date 2 June 2021

Last updated 24 July 2024


Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.2 · High

Score breakdown

An out-of-bounds write vulnerability was found in the virtio vhost-user GPU device (vhost-user-gpu) of QEMU in versions up to and including 6.0. The flaw occurs while processing the 'VIRTIO_GPU_CMD_GET_CAPSET' command from the guest. It could allow a privileged guest user to crash the QEMU process on the host, resulting in a denial of service condition, or potential code execution with the privileges of the QEMU process.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
qemu 22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 1:6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu5
21.10 impish
Fixed 1:6.0+dfsg-2expubuntu1.2
21.04 hirsute
Fixed 1:5.2+dfsg-9ubuntu3.1
20.10 groovy
Fixed 1:5.0-5ubuntu9.9
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 1:4.2-3ubuntu6.17
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected
qemu-kvm 22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
21.10 impish Not in release
21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release

Notes


mdeslaur

same commits as CVE-2021-3544

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 8.2 · High
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required High
User interaction None
Scope Changed
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H