CVE-2021-20255

A stack overflow via an infinite recursion vulnerability was found in the eepro100 i8255x device emulator of QEMU. This issue occurs while processing controller commands due to a DMA reentry issue. This flaw allows a guest user or process to consume CPU cycles or crash the QEMU process on the host, resulting in a denial of service. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

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

History

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Information

Published : 2021-03-09 20:15

Updated : 2024-02-28 18:08


NVD link : CVE-2021-20255

Mitre link : CVE-2021-20255

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-20255


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Products Affected

qemu

  • qemu

debian

  • debian_linux
CWE
CWE-674

Uncontrolled Recursion

CWE-835

Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')