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CVE-2021-4206

HIGH CVSS: 8.2 Published: 2022-04-29 Modified: 2026-06-17

Description

A flaw was found in the QXL display device emulation in QEMU. An integer overflow in the cursor_alloc() function can lead to the allocation of a small cursor object followed by a subsequent heap-based buffer overflow. This flaw allows a malicious privileged guest user to crash the QEMU process on the host or potentially execute arbitrary code within the context of the QEMU process.

Affected Platforms

Debian Debian LinuxQemu QemuRedhat Enterprise Linux

Weakness Type

CWE-190, CWE-120, CWE-131, CWE-190

References