CVE-2021-20196

MEDIUM
6.5
CVSS Score
Published: May 26, 2021 at 09:16 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:33 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxQEMU

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Severity
MEDIUM6.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%

Description

A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the floppy disk emulator of QEMU. This issue occurs while processing read/write ioport commands if the selected floppy drive is not initialized with a block device. This flaw allows a privileged guest user to crash the QEMU process on the host, resulting in a denial of service. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (5)

x_refsource_MISCExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/+bug/1912780
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/04/msg00002.html
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00008.html
x_refsource_MISCMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/01/28/1

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-476

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