CVE-2021-3748
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.04%
Description
A use-after-free vulnerability was found in the virtio-net device of QEMU. It could occur when the descriptor's address belongs to the non direct access region, due to num_buffers being set after the virtqueue elem has been unmapped. A malicious guest could use this flaw to crash QEMU, resulting in a denial of service condition, or potentially execute code on the host with the privileges of the QEMU process.
How to fix CVE-2021-3748
To remediate CVE-2021-3748, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 1:5.2+dfsg-11+deb11u1 or later
Is CVE-2021-3748 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.0%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 1:5.2+dfsg-11+deb11u1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |