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

05 Aug 2022, 17:52

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CWE CWE-835 CWE-674

03 Jun 2022, 12:51

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CPE cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
First Time Debian debian Linux
Debian
References
  • (CONFIRM) https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210507-0003/ - Third Party Advisory
References (MLIST) https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/04/msg00009.html - (MLIST) https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/04/msg00009.html - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory

11 Apr 2021, 01:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
  • (MLIST) https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/04/msg00009.html -

17 Mar 2021, 18:13

Type Values Removed Values Added
References (MISC) https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1930646 - (MISC) https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1930646 - Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
References (MISC) https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/02/25/1 - (MISC) https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/02/25/1 - Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
References (MISC) https://ruhr-uni-bochum.sciebo.de/s/NNWP2GfwzYKeKwE?path=%2Feepro100_stackoverflow1 - (MISC) https://ruhr-uni-bochum.sciebo.de/s/NNWP2GfwzYKeKwE?path=%2Feepro100_stackoverflow1 - Third Party Advisory
CPE cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : 2.1
v3 : 5.5

09 Mar 2021, 20:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2021-03-09 20:15

Updated : 2023-12-10 13:41


NVD link : CVE-2021-20255

Mitre link : CVE-2021-20255

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-20255


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Products Affected

debian

  • debian_linux

qemu

  • qemu
CWE
CWE-674

Uncontrolled Recursion

CWE-835

Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')