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CVE-2021-20257

n/a / QEMU PUBLISHED

Description (CNA)

An infinite loop flaw was found in the e1000 NIC emulator of the QEMU. This issue occurs while processing transmits (tx) descriptors in process_tx_desc if various descriptor fields are initialized with invalid values. This flaw allows a guest to consume CPU cycles on the host, resulting in a denial of service. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

Affected (CNA)

Vendor / productVersions
n/a / QEMUaffected Fixed-In v6.2.0

CWE

CWE-835

References

ADP enrichment

CVE

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