6.5
MEDIUM
CVE-2021-3611
Intel HD Audio QEMU Stack Overflow Denial of Service
Description

A stack overflow vulnerability was found in the Intel HD Audio device (intel-hda) of QEMU. A malicious guest could use this flaw to crash the QEMU process on the host, resulting in a denial of service condition. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability. This flaw affects QEMU versions prior to 7.0.0.

INFO

Published Date :

May 11, 2022, 4:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Feb. 12, 2023, 11:41 p.m.

Source :

[email protected]

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

4.0

Exploitability Score :

2.0
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2021-3611 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Redhat enterprise_linux
1 Qemu qemu
: Total Affected Vendor : 2 | Products : 2
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2021-3611.

URL Resource
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1973784 Issue Tracking Mitigation Third Party Advisory
https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/issues/542 Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-27 Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220624-0001/ Third Party Advisory

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2021-3611 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2021-3611 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 12, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description A stack overflow vulnerability was found in the Intel HD Audio device (intel-hda) of QEMU. A malicious guest could use this flaw to crash the QEMU process on the host, resulting in a denial of service condition. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability. A stack overflow vulnerability was found in the Intel HD Audio device (intel-hda) of QEMU. A malicious guest could use this flaw to crash the QEMU process on the host, resulting in a denial of service condition. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability. This flaw affects QEMU versions prior to 7.0.0.
    Removed CVSS V3.1 Red Hat, Inc. AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L
    Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:7967 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3611 [No Types Assigned]
    Added CWE Red Hat, Inc. CWE-119
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 02, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description A stack overflow vulnerability was found in the Intel HD Audio device (intel-hda) of QEMU. A malicious guest could use this flaw to crash the QEMU process on the host, resulting in a denial of service condition. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability. This flaw affects QEMU versions prior to 7.0.0. A stack overflow vulnerability was found in the Intel HD Audio device (intel-hda) of QEMU. A malicious guest could use this flaw to crash the QEMU process on the host, resulting in a denial of service condition. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
    Added CVSS V3.1 Red Hat, Inc. AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:7967 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3611 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed CWE Red Hat, Inc. CWE-119
    Removed CWE Reason CWE-119 / More specific CWE option available
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 26, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-27 No Types Assigned https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-27 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220624-0001/ No Types Assigned https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220624-0001/ Third Party Advisory
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 15, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-27 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jun. 24, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220624-0001/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    May. 19, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1973784 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1973784 Issue Tracking, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/issues/542 No Types Assigned https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/issues/542 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-787
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 7.0.0
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:advanced_virtualization:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 13, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/issues/542 [No Types Assigned]
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2021-3611 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2021-3611 weaknesses.

CAPEC-8: Buffer Overflow in an API Call Buffer Overflow in an API Call CAPEC-9: Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities CAPEC-10: Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables CAPEC-14: Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow CAPEC-24: Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow CAPEC-42: MIME Conversion MIME Conversion CAPEC-44: Overflow Binary Resource File Overflow Binary Resource File CAPEC-45: Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links CAPEC-46: Overflow Variables and Tags Overflow Variables and Tags CAPEC-47: Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion CAPEC-100: Overflow Buffers Overflow Buffers CAPEC-123: Buffer Manipulation Buffer Manipulation
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.09 }} 0.02%

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0.39558

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