CVE-2021-20196

Publication date 26 May 2021

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the floppy disk emulator of QEMU. This issue occurs while processing read/write ioport commands if the selected floppy drive is not initialized with a block device. This flaw allows a privileged guest user to crash the QEMU process on the host, resulting in a denial of service. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
qemu 24.10 oracular
Fixed 1:6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu5
24.04 LTS noble
Fixed 1:6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu5
23.10 mantic
Fixed 1:6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu5
23.04 lunar
Fixed 1:6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu5
22.10 kinetic
Fixed 1:6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu5
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 1:6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu5
21.10 impish
Fixed 1:6.0+dfsg-2expubuntu1.2
21.04 hirsute Ignored end of life
20.10 groovy Ignored end of life
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 1:4.2-3ubuntu6.21
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 1:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.39
16.04 LTS xenial
Vulnerable
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored end of ESM support, was needed
qemu-kvm 24.10 oracular Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
21.10 impish Not in release
21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
xen 24.10 oracular
Needs evaluation
24.04 LTS noble
Needs evaluation
23.10 mantic Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
23.04 lunar Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
22.10 kinetic Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
22.04 LTS jammy
Needs evaluation
21.10 impish Ignored end of life
21.04 hirsute Ignored end of life
20.10 groovy Ignored end of life
20.04 LTS focal
Needs evaluation
18.04 LTS bionic
Needs evaluation
16.04 LTS xenial
Needs evaluation
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release

Patch details

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Package Patch details
qemu

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 6.5 · Medium
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Changed
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H