CVE-2021-20255

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 19
Modified
Published: 09 Mar 2021, 19:14
Last modified:03 Aug 2024, 17:37

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
22/100
CVSS Score
5.5 MEDIUM
v3.1 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.25% LOW
0% probability +0.09%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

09 Mar 2021, 19:14
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
03 Aug 2024, 17:37
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • v2.0•LOW•Score: 2.1AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.25%• Percentile: 49%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-674•Uncontrolled Recursion

    The product does not properly control the amount of recursion that takes place, consuming excessive resources, such as allocated memory or the program stack.

  • CWE-835•Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

    The product contains an iteration or loop with an exit condition that cannot be reached, i.e., an infinite loop.

Affected Systems

  • debian•debian_linux

    9.0

References (5)