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CVE-2021-20255

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.

Priority: LOW
CVSS v3: 5.5
Component: qemu
Publish Date: Feb 24, 2021
Related ID: --
CVSS v2: MEDIUM
Modified Date: Feb 24, 2021

Find out more about CVE-2021-20255 from the MITRE-CVE dictionary and NIST NVD


Products Affected

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Product Name Status Defect Fixed Downloads
Linux
Wind River Linux LTS 17 Won't Fix -- -- --
Wind River Linux 8 Requires LTSS -- -- --
Wind River Linux 9 Requires LTSS -- -- --
Wind River Linux 7 Requires LTSS -- -- --
Wind River Linux LTS 21 Investigating LIN1021-261
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Wind River Linux LTS 22 Investigating -- -- --
Wind River Linux LTS 18 Won't Fix -- -- --
Wind River Linux LTS 19 Requires LTSS -- -- --
Wind River Linux CD release Investigating -- -- --
Wind River Linux 6 Requires LTSS -- -- --
Wind River Linux LTS 23 Investigating -- -- --
Wind River Linux LTS 24 Investigating -- -- --
VxWorks
VxWorks 7 Not Vulnerable -- -- --
VxWorks 6.9 Not Vulnerable -- -- --
Helix Virtualization Platform Cert Edition
Helix Virtualization Platform Cert Edition Not Vulnerable -- -- --
eLxr
eLxr 12 Vulnerable -- -- --
Wind River Studio Cloud Platform

Related Products

Product Name Status Defect Fixed Downloads

Notes
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