Description
A use-after-free vulnerability was found in the am53c974 SCSI host bus adapter emulation of QEMU in versions before 6.0.0 during the handling of the 'Information Transfer' command (CMD_TI). This flaw allows a privileged guest user to crash the QEMU process on the host, resulting in a denial of service or potential code execution with the privileges of the QEMU process.
Metrics
CVSS 3.1 6.7/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | QEMU | qemu 6.0.0 |
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/04/16/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1909996Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-27Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210713-0006/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/04/16/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/04/16/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1909996Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-27Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210713-0006/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/04/16/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Timeline
- Published
- May 28, 2021
- Last modified
- Jun 17, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified