CVE-2021-3507

QEMU: fdc: heap buffer overflow in DMA read data transfers

Published May 6, 2021 CVSS 3.1 · 6.1 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
A heap buffer overflow was found in the floppy disk emulator of QEMU up to 6.0.0 (including). It could occur in fdctrl_transfer_handler() in hw/block/fdc.c while processing DMA read data transfers from the floppy drive to the guest system. A privileged guest user could use this flaw to crash the QEMU process on the host resulting in DoS scenario, or potential information leakage from the host memory.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3099-1 qemu security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-26826 A heap buffer overflow was found in the floppy disk emulator of QEMU up to 6.0.0 (including). It could occur in fdctrl_transfer_handler() in hw/block/fdc.c while processing DMA read data transfers from the floppy drive to the guest system. A privileged guest user could use this flaw to crash the QEMU process on the host resulting in DoS scenario, or potential information leakage from the host memory.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-5489-1 QEMU vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8412-1 QEMU vulnerabilities
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 3, 2024, 4:53 PM
Reserved
Apr 19, 2021, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
May 6, 2021, 4:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 4:05 AM
Severity
Low
Public date
Apr 19, 2021, 12:00 AM