Medium severity6.2NVD Advisory· Published Feb 17, 2023· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2021-32844
CVE-2021-32844
Description
HyperKit is a toolkit for embedding hypervisor capabilities in an application. In versions 0.20210107 and prior of HyperKit, vi_pci_write has is a call to vc_cfgwrite that does not check for null which when called makes the host crash. This issue may lead to a guest crashing the host causing a denial of service. This issue is fixed in commit 451558fe8aaa8b24e02e34106e3bb9fe41d7ad13.
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Affected products
3cpe:2.3:a:mobyproject:hyperkit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:a:mobyproject:hyperkit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=0.20210107
- (no CPE)range: <=0.20210107
- (no CPE)range: 0.20210107
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