Out-of-bounds Write Affecting virt:av/qemu-kvm-common package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.09% (42nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-VIRT-4414619
  • published1 Nov 2021
  • disclosed9 Dec 2020

Introduced: 9 Dec 2020

CVE-2021-3611  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:8 virt:av/qemu-kvm-common.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream virt:av/qemu-kvm-common package and not the virt:av/qemu-kvm-common package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

A stack overflow vulnerability was found in the Intel HD Audio device (intel-hda) of QEMU. A malicious guest could use this flaw to crash the QEMU process on the host, resulting in a denial of service condition. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability. This flaw affects QEMU versions prior to 7.0.0.

CVSS Scores

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