VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2021-3608
The issue occurs while handling a "PVRDMA_REG_DSRHIGH" write from the guest and may result in a crash of QEMU or cause undefined behavior due to the access of an uninitialized pointer.
MEDIUM 6.0EPSS 0.36%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.36%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
A flaw was found in the QEMU implementation of VMWare's paravirtual RDMA device in versions prior to 6.1.0. The issue occurs while handling a "PVRDMA_REG_DSRHIGH" write from the guest and may result in a crash of QEMU or cause undefined behavior due to the access of an uninitialized pointer. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
- CVSS 3.1
- 6.0 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.36% probability · 30th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-824
- Affected
- qemu/qemu · debian/debian linux · fedoraproject/fedora
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1973383Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00008.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2021-06/msg07926.htmlMailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-27Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220318-0002/Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1973383Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00008.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2021-06/msg07926.htmlMailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-27Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220318-0002/Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.