CVE-2021-3608
mediumpriority · track · 24EPSS 0.004 · 30 %ileDEEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
A flaw was found in the QEMU implementation of VMWare's paravirtual RDMA device in versions prior to 6.1.0. The issue occurs while handling a "PVRDMA_REG_DSRHIGH" write from the guest and may result in a crash of QEMU or cause undefined behavior due to the access of an uninitialized pointer. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
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affected products (16)
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advisories (1)
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- WID-SEC-W-2022-1114QEMU: Mehrere Schwachstellen ermöglichen Denial of ServiceDeutsch2021-06-17csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein lokaler Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in QEMU ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen.
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references (23)
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- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2021-3608cnnvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1973383cnnvd
- https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2021-3608/cnnvd
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00008.htmlcnnvd
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2021-06/msg07926.htmlcnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163519/Ubuntu-Security-Notice-USN-5010-1.htmlcnnvd
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-27cnnvd
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220318-0002/cnnvd
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