6.5

CVE-2021-20257

An infinite loop flaw was found in the e1000 NIC emulator of the QEMU. This issue occurs while processing transmits (tx) descriptors in process_tx_desc if various descriptor fields are initialized with invalid values. This flaw allows a guest to consume CPU cycles on the host, resulting in a denial of service. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

Daten sind bereitgestellt durch National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
QemuQemu Version < 6.2.0
FedoraprojectFedora Version33
RedhatOpenstack Platform Version10.0
RedhatOpenstack Platform Version13.0
RedhatEnterprise Linux Version6.0
RedhatEnterprise Linux Version8.0
RedhatEnterprise Linux Version8.0 SwEditionadvanced_virtualization
DebianDebian Linux Version10.0
Zu dieser CVE wurde keine CISA KEV oder CERT.AT-Warnung gefunden.
EPSS Metriken
Typ Quelle Score Percentile
EPSS FIRST.org 0.04% 0.125
CVSS Metriken
Quelle Base Score Exploit Score Impact Score Vector String
nvd@nist.gov 6.5 2 4
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
nvd@nist.gov 2.1 3.9 2.9
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CWE-835 Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

The product contains an iteration or loop with an exit condition that cannot be reached, i.e., an infinite loop.