Attacker Value
Unknown
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Exploitability
Unknown
(0 users assessed)
User Interaction
None
Privileges Required
Low
Attack Vector
Network
0

CVE-2021-3682

Disclosure Date: August 05, 2021
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Description

A flaw was found in the USB redirector device emulation of QEMU in versions prior to 6.1.0-rc2. It occurs when dropping packets during a bulk transfer from a SPICE client due to the packet queue being full. A malicious SPICE client could use this flaw to make QEMU call free() with faked heap chunk metadata, resulting in a crash of QEMU or potential code execution with the privileges of the QEMU process on the host.

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CVSS V3 Severity and Metrics
Base Score:
8.5 High
Impact Score:
6
Exploitability Score:
1.8
Vector:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector (AV):
Network
Attack Complexity (AC):
High
Privileges Required (PR):
Low
User Interaction (UI):
None
Scope (S):
Changed
Confidentiality (C):
High
Integrity (I):
High
Availability (A):
High

General Information

Vendors

  • debian,
  • qemu,
  • redhat

Products

  • debian linux 10.0,
  • debian linux 11.0,
  • debian linux 9.0,
  • enterprise linux 8.0,
  • qemu,
  • qemu 6.1.0
Technical Analysis