CVE-2020-27821: Buffer Overflow

Published Nov 30, 2020
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Updated

A flaw was found in the memory management API of QEMU during the initialization of a memory region cache. This issue could lead to an out-of-bounds write access to the MSI-X table while performing MMIO operations. A guest user may abuse this flaw to crash the QEMU process on the host, resulting in a denial of service.

Other sources

A heap buffer overflow was found in the Message Signaled Interrupt (MSI-X) device support of QEMU. The overflow could occur due to an out-of-bounds write of the MSIX table while performing MSI-X mmio operations in msixtablemmiowrite(). A guest user may exploit this flaw to crash the QEMU process on the host, resulting in a denial of service condition.

Upstream fix: https://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=4bfb024bc76973d40a359476dc0291f46e435442

Red Hat

Affected Software

4 affected componentsFixes available
redhat/qemu<5.2.0
5.2.0
Qemu Qemu<5.2.0
Debian Debian Linux=10.0
debian/qemu
1:5.2+dfsg-11+deb11u31:5.2+dfsg-11+deb11u21:7.2+dfsg-7+deb12u121:9.2.2+ds-11:10.0.0~rc2+ds-2

Event History

Dec 3, 2020
CVE Published
12:00 AM
Data Sourced
12:00 AM
RemedyDescriptionSeverityWeaknessAffected Software
Dec 8, 2020
CVE Published
via MITRE·09:33 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·09:33 PM
DescriptionWeakness
Jan 11, 2024
Data Sourced
via Launchpad·11:48 PM
Description
Sep 16, 2024
Data Sourced
via Ubuntu·02:27 AM
RemedyDescriptionSeverityAffected Software
Feb 23, 2025
Data Sourced
via Debian·01:02 AM
DescriptionAffected Software

Parent advisories

This vulnerability appears in the following advisories.

Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is CVE-2020-27821?

CVE-2020-27821 is a vulnerability in the memory management API of QEMU that could lead to an out-of-bounds write access and crashing of the QEMU process.

2

How severe is CVE-2020-27821?

CVE-2020-27821 has a severity score of 5.7, which is considered medium severity.

3

Which software is affected by CVE-2020-27821?

QEMU version up to exclusive 5.2.0 is affected by CVE-2020-27821.

4

How can I fix CVE-2020-27821?

To mitigate CVE-2020-27821, upgrade QEMU to version 5.2.0 or higher.

5

Where can I find more information about CVE-2020-27821?

You can find more information about CVE-2020-27821 at the following references: [Link 1](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-27821), [Link 2](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-27821), [Link 3](https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/12/16/6), [Link 4](https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1902651), [Link 5](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2021:0639)

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