CVE-2021-20196

A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the floppy disk emulator of QEMU. This issue occurs while processing read/write ioport commands if the selected floppy drive is not initialized with a block device. This flaw allows a privileged guest user to crash the QEMU process on the host, resulting in a denial of service. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTNIST
6.5 MEDIUM
LOCAL
LOW
LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
redhatCNA
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CVEADP
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Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 7%
VendorProductVersion
qemuqemu
5.2.0
debiandebian_linux
9.0
debiandebian_linux
10.0
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= Vulnerable software versions
Debian logo
Debian Releases
Debian Product
Codename
qemu
bullseye
1:5.2+dfsg-11+deb11u3
fixed
bullseye (security)
vulnerable
bookworm
1:7.2+dfsg-7+deb12u7
fixed
sid
1:9.1.1+ds-2
fixed
trixie
1:9.1.1+ds-2
fixed
Ubuntu logo
Ubuntu Releases
Ubuntu Product
Codename
qemu
noble
Fixed 1:6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu5
released
mantic
Fixed 1:6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu5
released
lunar
Fixed 1:6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu5
released
kinetic
Fixed 1:6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu5
released
jammy
Fixed 1:6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu5
released
impish
Fixed 1:6.0+dfsg-2expubuntu1.2
released
hirsute
ignored
groovy
ignored
focal
Fixed 1:4.2-3ubuntu6.21
released
bionic
Fixed 1:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.39
released
xenial
needed
trusty
needed
qemu-kvm
noble
dne
mantic
dne
lunar
dne
kinetic
dne
jammy
dne
impish
dne
hirsute
dne
groovy
dne
focal
dne
bionic
dne
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
xen
noble
needs-triage
mantic
ignored
lunar
ignored
kinetic
ignored
jammy
needs-triage
impish
ignored
hirsute
ignored
groovy
ignored
focal
needs-triage
bionic
needs-triage
xenial
needs-triage
trusty
dne