CVE - CVE-2021-3546

CVE-ID
CVE-2021-3546	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
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.
References
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MISC:DSA-4980 URL:https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4980 MISC:GLSA-202208-27 URL:https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-27 MISC:[oss-security] 20210531 QEMU: security issues in vhost-user-gpu URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/31/1 MISC:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1958978 URL:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1958978 MISC:https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210720-0008/ URL:https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210720-0008/
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20210510	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
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Assigned (20210510)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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