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 Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 5.5
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Linux | alpine-linux-upgrade-qemu | Aug 22, 2024 | Mar 9, 2021 | |
| Debian | no-fix-debian-deb-package | Apr 12, 2021 | Mar 9, 2021 | |
| Redhat_linux | no-fix-redhat-rpm-package | Jul 9, 2025 | Mar 9, 2021 | |
| Suse | — | suse-upgrade-qemususe-upgrade-qemu-armsuse-upgrade-qemu-audio-alsasuse-upgrade-qemu-audio-osssuse-upgrade-qemu-audio-pasuse-upgrade-qemu-audio-sdlsuse-upgrade-qemu-audio-spicesuse-upgrade-qemu-block-curlsuse-upgrade-qemu-block-dmgsuse-upgrade-qemu-block-glustersuse-upgrade-qemu-block-iscsisuse-upgrade-qemu-block-nfssuse-upgrade-qemu-block-rbdsuse-upgrade-qemu-block-sshsuse-upgrade-qemu-chardev-baumsuse-upgrade-qemu-chardev-spicesuse-upgrade-qemu-extrasuse-upgrade-qemu-guest-agentsuse-upgrade-qemu-hw-display-qxlsuse-upgrade-qemu-hw-display-virtio-gpususe-upgrade-qemu-hw-display-virtio-gpu-pcisuse-upgrade-qemu-hw-display-virtio-vgasuse-upgrade-qemu-hw-s390x-virtio-gpu-ccwsuse-upgrade-qemu-hw-usb-redirectsuse-upgrade-qemu-hw-usb-smartcardsuse-upgrade-qemu-ipxesuse-upgrade-qemu-ivshmem-toolssuse-upgrade-qemu-ksmsuse-upgrade-qemu-kvmsuse-upgrade-qemu-langsuse-upgrade-qemu-linux-usersuse-upgrade-qemu-microvmsuse-upgrade-qemu-ppcsuse-upgrade-qemu-s390suse-upgrade-qemu-s390xsuse-upgrade-qemu-seabiossuse-upgrade-qemu-sgabiossuse-upgrade-qemu-skibootsuse-upgrade-qemu-testsuitesuse-upgrade-qemu-toolssuse-upgrade-qemu-ui-cursessuse-upgrade-qemu-ui-gtksuse-upgrade-qemu-ui-openglsuse-upgrade-qemu-ui-sdlsuse-upgrade-qemu-ui-spice-appsuse-upgrade-qemu-ui-spice-coresuse-upgrade-qemu-vgabiossuse-upgrade-qemu-vhost-user-gpususe-upgrade-qemu-x86suse-upgrade-xensuse-upgrade-xen-develsuse-upgrade-xen-doc-htmlsuse-upgrade-xen-kmp-defaultsuse-upgrade-xen-kmp-paesuse-upgrade-xen-libssuse-upgrade-xen-libs-32bitsuse-upgrade-xen-toolssuse-upgrade-xen-tools-domu | Aug 21, 2021 | Mar 9, 2021 |
| Ubuntu | no-fix-ubuntu-package | Jun 26, 2025 | Mar 9, 2021 |
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