Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Mar 9, 2021· Updated Aug 3, 2024
CVE-2021-20255
CVE-2021-20255
Description
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.
Affected products
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References
5- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgimitrex_refsource_MISC
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/04/msg00009.htmlmitremailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- ruhr-uni-bochum.sciebo.de/s/NNWP2GfwzYKeKwEmitrex_refsource_MISC
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210507-0003/mitrex_refsource_CONFIRM
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/02/25/1mitrex_refsource_MISC
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