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● CVE — Medium

CVE-2021-3527

Vendordebian, redhat, qemuProductdebian linux, enterprise linux, qemuDiscoveredMay 26, 2021UpdatedNov 21, 2024

A flaw was found in the USB redirector device (usb-redir) of QEMU. Small USB packets are combined into a single, large transfer request, to reduce the overhead and improve performance. The combined size of the bulk transfer is used to dynamically allocate a variable length array (VLA) on the stack without proper validation. Since the total size is not bounded, a malicious guest could use this flaw to influence the array length and cause the QEMU process to perform an excessive allocation on the stack, resulting in a denial of service.

CVSS v3.1
5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS
0.37%
probability of exploitation in 30 days
CISA KEV
Not listed
no confirmed exploitation reported
News coverage
1
sources referencing this CVE
Related IOCs
0
seen in the same coverage
CVSS v3.1 Detail
Attack VectorLOCAL
Attack ComplexityLOW
Privileges RequiredLOW
User InteractionNONE
ScopeUNCHANGED
ConfidentialityNONE
IntegrityNONE
AvailabilityHIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Connections
5 relationships
Timeline
disclosure → media coverage
May 26, 2021
Disclosure — published as a CVE record. · last revised by NVD Nov 21, 2024
Jun 9, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8412-1: QEMU vulnerabilities