CVE-2021-4206CWE-190

A flaw was found in the QXL display device emulation in QEMU

published April 29, 2022

CVSS
—
EPSS
1%
Percentile
57.3
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

A flaw was found in the QXL display device emulation in QEMU. An integer overflow in the cursor_alloc() function can lead to the allocation of a small cursor object followed by a subsequent heap-based buffer overflow. This flaw allows a malicious privileged guest user to crash the QEMU process on the host or potentially execute arbitrary code within the context of the QEMU process.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00834 · 57.3th percentile
Weakness
CWE-190 · Integer Overflow or Wraparound
Published
2022-04-29T16:19Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 29 APR 16:19Z
    A flaw was found in the QXL display device emulation in QEMU
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