CVE-2021-20196

A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the floppy disk emulator of QEMU. This issue occurs while processing read/write ioport commands if the selected floppy drive is not initialized with a block device. This flaw allows a privileged guest user to crash the QEMU process on the host, resulting in a denial of service. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
References
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:5.2.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

05 Sep 2022, 06:15

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References
  • (MLIST) https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00008.html -

26 Apr 2022, 16:38

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References (CONFIRM) https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210708-0004/ - (CONFIRM) https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210708-0004/ - Third Party Advisory
References (MLIST) https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/04/msg00002.html - (MLIST) https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/04/msg00002.html - Third Party Advisory
CPE cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

04 Apr 2022, 16:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
  • (CONFIRM) https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210708-0004/ -
  • (MLIST) https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/04/msg00002.html -

04 Jun 2021, 15:05

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPE cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:5.2.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : 2.1
v3 : 6.5
References (MISC) https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/01/28/1 - (MISC) https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/01/28/1 - Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
References (MISC) https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/+bug/1912780 - (MISC) https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/+bug/1912780 - Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory

27 May 2021, 02:11

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CWE CWE-476

26 May 2021, 22:15

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New CVE

Information

Published : 2021-05-26 22:15

Updated : 2024-02-04 21:47


NVD link : CVE-2021-20196

Mitre link : CVE-2021-20196

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-20196


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Products Affected

debian

  • debian_linux

qemu

  • qemu
CWE
CWE-476

NULL Pointer Dereference