Description
A flaw was found in the QXL display device emulation in QEMU. An integer overflow in the cursor_alloc() function can lead to the allocation of a small cursor object followed by a subsequent heap-based buffer overflow. This flaw allows a malicious privileged guest user to crash the QEMU process on the host or potentially execute arbitrary code within the context of the QEMU process.
Published: 2022-04-29
Score: 8.2 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
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Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3099-1 qemu security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-5133-1 qemu security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-34064 A flaw was found in the QXL display device emulation in QEMU. An integer overflow in the cursor_alloc() function can lead to the allocation of a small cursor object followed by a subsequent heap-based buffer overflow. This flaw allows a malicious privileged guest user to crash the QEMU process on the host or potentially execute arbitrary code within the context of the QEMU process.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-5489-1 QEMU vulnerabilities
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Fri, 21 Mar 2025 18:45:00 +0000

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Debian Debian Linux
Qemu Qemu
Redhat Advanced Virtualization Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2025-03-21T18:03:39.948Z

Reserved: 2022-01-13T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-4206

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-04-29T17:15:20.023

Modified: 2025-03-21T18:15:27.497

Link: CVE-2021-4206

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2022-03-28T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2021-4206 - Bugzilla

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