Out-of-Bounds Affecting qemu package, versions <1:6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu8


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.07% (32nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2410-QEMU-8199533
  • published15 Oct 2024
  • disclosed6 May 2021

Introduced: 6 May 2021

CVE-2021-3507  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:24.10 qemu to version 1:6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu8 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream qemu package and not the qemu package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:24.10 relevant fixed versions and status.

A heap buffer overflow was found in the floppy disk emulator of QEMU up to 6.0.0 (including). It could occur in fdctrl_transfer_handler() in hw/block/fdc.c while processing DMA read data transfers from the floppy drive to the guest system. A privileged guest user could use this flaw to crash the QEMU process on the host resulting in DoS scenario, or potential information leakage from the host memory.

CVSS Scores

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