CVE-2021-3546 (GCVE-0-2021-3546)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-06-02 13:30 – Updated: 2024-08-03 17:01
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Summary
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.
Severity
8.2 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
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References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a QEMU Affected: All QEMU versions up to and including 6.0
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