3.8
CVSSv3

CVE-2021-3595

Published: 15/06/2021 Updated: 07/11/2023
CVSS v2 Base Score: 2.1 | Impact Score: 2.9 | Exploitability Score: 3.9
CVSS v3 Base Score: 3.8 | Impact Score: 1.4 | Exploitability Score: 2
VMScore: 187
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Vulnerability Summary

An invalid pointer initialization issue was found in the SLiRP networking implementation of QEMU. The flaw exists in the tftp_input() function and could occur while processing a udp packet that is smaller than the size of the 'tftp_t' structure. This issue may lead to out-of-bounds read access or indirect host memory disclosure to the guest. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality. This flaw affects libslirp versions before 4.6.0.

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Debian Bug report logs - #989996 libslirp: CVE-2021-3595 Package: src:libslirp; Maintainer for src:libslirp is Debian QEMU Team <pkg-qemu-devel@listsaliothdebianorg>; Reported by: Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debianorg> Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2021 13:45:09 UTC Severity: important Tags: security, upstream Found in ver ...
An invalid pointer initialization issue was found in the SLiRP networking implementation of QEMU The flaw exists in the bootp_input() function and could occur while processing a udp packet that is smaller than the size of the 'bootp_t' structure A malicious guest could use this flaw to leak 10 bytes of uninitialized heap memory from the host The ...
An invalid pointer initialization issue was found in the SLiRP networking implementation of QEMU The flaw exists in the tftp_input() function and could occur while processing a udp packet that is smaller than the size of the 'tftp_t' structure This issue may lead to out-of-bounds read access or indirect host memory disclosure to the guest This f ...

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