7.5
HIGH
CVE-2021-3748
QEMU Virtio-Net Device Use-After-Free Vulnerability (Denial of Service/Code Execution)
Description

A use-after-free vulnerability was found in the virtio-net device of QEMU. It could occur when the descriptor's address belongs to the non direct access region, due to num_buffers being set after the virtqueue elem has been unmapped. A malicious guest could use this flaw to crash QEMU, resulting in a denial of service condition, or potentially execute code on the host with the privileges of the QEMU process.

INFO

Published Date :

March 23, 2022, 8:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 6:22 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

6.0

Exploitability Score :

0.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2021-3748 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
2 Redhat enterprise_linux_advanced_virtualization_eus
1 Canonical ubuntu_linux
1 Fedoraproject fedora
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Qemu qemu
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-2021-3748.

URL Resource
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1998514 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/qemu/qemu/commit/bedd7e93d01961fcb16a97ae45d93acf357e11f6 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/04/msg00002.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00008.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2021-09/msg00388.html Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-27 Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220425-0004/ Third Party Advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-3748 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1998514 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/qemu/qemu/commit/bedd7e93d01961fcb16a97ae45d93acf357e11f6 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/04/msg00002.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00008.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2021-09/msg00388.html Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-27 Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220425-0004/ Third Party Advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-3748 Patch Third Party Advisory

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2021-3748 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2021-3748 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 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1998514
    Added Reference https://github.com/qemu/qemu/commit/bedd7e93d01961fcb16a97ae45d93acf357e11f6
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/04/msg00002.html
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00008.html
    Added Reference https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2021-09/msg00388.html
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-27
    Added Reference https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220425-0004/
    Added Reference https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-3748
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Reanalysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 03, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CVSS V2 NIST (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
    Removed CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 26, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00008.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00008.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-27 No Types Assigned https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-27 Third Party Advisory
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 05, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00008.html [No Types Assigned]
  • 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]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    May. 13, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/04/msg00002.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/04/msg00002.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220425-0004/ No Types Assigned https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220425-0004/ Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:21.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:advanced_virtualization:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_advanced_virtualization_eus:8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 25, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220425-0004/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 04, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/04/msg00002.html [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 29, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1998514 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1998514 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/qemu/qemu/commit/bedd7e93d01961fcb16a97ae45d93acf357e11f6 No Types Assigned https://github.com/qemu/qemu/commit/bedd7e93d01961fcb16a97ae45d93acf357e11f6 Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2021-09/msg00388.html No Types Assigned https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2021-09/msg00388.html Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-3748 No Types Assigned https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-3748 Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-416
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 0.10.0 up to (excluding) 6.2.0
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2021-3748 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-2021-3748 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

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

0.04 }} 0.00%

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0.12157

percentile

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