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vulnerabilityCVE-2021-20255
Name
CVE-2021-20255
Source
NVD ( link)Debian ( link)
Description
A stack overflow via an infinite recursion vulnerability was found in the eepro100 i8255x device emulator of QEMU. This issue occurs while processing controller commands due to a DMA reentry issue. This flaw allows a guest user or process to consume CPU cycles or crash the QEMU process on the host, resulting in a denial of service. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
Published Date
Updated Date
Workaround
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Analysis#


Affected Component
Analysis
qemu
Exploitable

Vulnerability Ratings#


5.5
CVSSv31
2.1
CVSSv2

Others affected components#


Name
Project
Project Version
Version
Status
buildroot
2025.02.x
9.2.0
Exploitable
buildroot
master
11.0.0
Exploitable
openwrt
master
10.1.3-r2
Exploitable
openwrt
openwrt-25.12
10.1.2-r1
Exploitable
yocto
kirkstone
6.2.0
Exploitable
yocto
scarthgap
8.2.7
Exploitable