CVE-2021-4206

HIGH

QEMU - Buffer Overflow

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

Scores

CVSS v3 8.2
EPSS 0.0016
EPSS Percentile 36.6%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-190 CWE-131 CWE-120
Status published
Products (4)
debian/debian_linux 10.0
debian/debian_linux 11.0
qemu/qemu < 7.0.0
redhat/enterprise_linux 8.0 (2 CPE variants)
Published Apr 29, 2022
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026