CVE-2021-4206

Summary

CVECVE-2021-4206
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-04-29 17:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:40:00 UTC
DescriptionA flaw was found in the QXL display device emulation in QEMU. An integer overflow in the cursor_alloc() function can lead to the allocation of a small cursor object followed by a subsequent heap-based buffer overflow. This flaw allows a malicious privileged guest user to crash the QEMU process on the host or potentially execute arbitrary code within the context of the QEMU process.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-190 | CWE-120 | CWE-131

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 11.0 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu All All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 8.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
2036998 – (CVE-2021-4206) CVE-2021-4206 QEMU: QXL: integer overflow in cursor_alloc() can lead to heap buffer overflow MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
[SECURITY] [DLA 3099-1] qemu security update MLIST lists.debian.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-5133-1 qemu DEBIAN www.debian.org
STAR Labs | Advisories | QEMU QXL Integer overflow leads to Heap Overflow MISC starlabs.sg
QEMU: Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202208-27) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 160006 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for qemu (ELSA-2022-9669)
  • 160024 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for virt:ol and virt-devel:ol (ELSA-2022-5821)
  • 160027 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for virt:kvm_utils (ELSA-2022-9700)
  • 160134 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for qemu-kvm (ELSA-2022-9869)
  • 160141 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for kvm_utils2 (ELSA-2022-9862)
  • 179273 Debian Security Update for qemu (DSA 5133-1)
  • 180995 Debian Security Update for qemu (DLA 3099-1)
  • 184245 Debian Security Update for qemu (CVE-2021-4206)
  • 198837 Ubuntu Security Notification for QEMU Vulnerabilities (USN-5489-1)
  • 240585 Red Hat Update for virt:rhel and virt-devel:rhel security (RHSA-2022:5821)
  • 377638 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for virt:rhel and virt-devel:rhel (ALINUX3-SA-2022:0168)
  • 710604 Gentoo Linux QEMU Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202208-27)
  • 752284 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for qemu (SUSE-SU-2022:2254-1)
  • 752288 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for qemu (SUSE-SU-2022:2260-1)
  • 752675 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for qemu (SUSE-SU-2022:3594-1)
  • 752725 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for qemu (SUSE-SU-2022:3768-1)
  • 753802 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for qemu (SUSE-SU-2023:0761-1)
  • 901290 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for qemu-kvm (9625)
  • 901661 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for qemu (9618)
  • 902306 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for qemu (9618-1)
  • 902505 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for qemu-kvm (9625-1)
  • 940607 AlmaLinux Security Update for virt:rhel and virt-devel:rhel (ALSA-2022:5821)
  • 960299 Rocky Linux Security Update for virt:rhel and virt-devel:rhel (RLSA-2022:5821)
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