CVE-2021-20181

High

Description

A race condition flaw was found in the 9pfs server implementation of QEMU up to and including 5.2.0. This flaw allows a malicious 9p client to cause a use-after-free error, potentially escalating their privileges on the system. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality, integrity as well as system availability.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.5
Exploit probability—
ProductQemu
PublishedMay 13, 2021
First seenMay 13, 2021
Weakness typeCWE-367CWE-367

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
qemu qemuv ≤ 5.2.0—
debian debian_linux9.0, 10.0—

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CVE-2021-20181 · Qemu · Dark Radar