Vulnerability in Qemu
CVE-2021-3608
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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.0 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (27.6th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 28th percentile — 27.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Qemu
- Debian Linux — versions 10.0
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 34
- Qemu — versions qemu-kvm 6.1.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2021-06/msg07926.html (Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220318-0002/ (Third Party Advisory)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-27 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00008.html (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2021-3608?
- CVE-2021-3608 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Qemu, classified under Access of Uninitialized Pointer. CVSS score: 6.0/10. Published 2022-02-24.
- How severe is CVE-2021-3608?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.0 out of 10.