VDB
CVE-2021-3546
CVE-2021-3546
PUBLISHED
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.
EPSS 0.17% · 38.5th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
0.17%
38.5th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | qemu | *, 1:4.2-3ubuntu6.15, 1:4.2-3ubuntu6.16 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | qemu | 1:6.0+dfsg-2expubuntu2, 1:6.0+dfsg-2expubuntu4, * |
Timeline
- May 10, 2021 CVE Published
- Jun 3, 2021 EPSS Score
- Jun 19, 2021 EPSS Score
- Jun 24, 2021 EPSS Score
- Oct 5, 2021 EPSS Score
- Oct 11, 2021 EPSS Score
- Dec 5, 2021 EPSS Score
- Jan 6, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Apr 6, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jun 6, 2022 EPSS Score
- Aug 7, 2022 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-3546 third-party-advisory
- https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2021-05/msg01155.html third-party-advisory
- https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2021-05/msg01154.html third-party-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5010-1 vendor-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5307-1 vendor-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-3546 third-party-advisory