Vulnerability · Published Feb 18, 2022 · Assigned by redhat

CVE-2021-3947

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity out-of-bounds read in QEMU. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 25% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 75.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A stack-buffer-overflow was found in QEMU in the NVME component. The flaw lies in nvme_changed_nslist() where a malicious guest controlling certain input can read out of bounds memory. A malicious user could use this flaw leading to disclosure of sensitive information.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12qemu1:6.2+dfsg-1DEBIAN-CVE-2021-3947
Debian:13qemu1:6.2+dfsg-1DEBIAN-CVE-2021-3947
Debian:14qemu1:6.2+dfsg-1DEBIAN-CVE-2021-3947
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSqemu1:6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu5UBUNTU-CVE-2021-3947

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
n/a QEMU qemu-kvm 6.2.0-rc2

Weakness: CWE-125

References