CVE-2021-3930 (GCVE-0-2021-3930)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-02-18 17:50 – Updated: 2024-08-03 17:09
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Summary
An off-by-one error was found in the SCSI device emulation in QEMU. It could occur while processing MODE SELECT commands in mode_sense_page() if the 'page' argument was set to MODE_PAGE_ALLS (0x3f). A malicious guest could use this flaw to potentially crash QEMU, resulting in a denial of service condition.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
Assigner
redhat CNA under the redhat root
CNA scorecard B 82/100 over 1035 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a QEMU Affected: qemu-kvm 6.2.0-rc0
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