AZL-6830

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    AZL-6830

    Published: 5 Aug 2021Last Modified: 21 Apr 2026
    Upstream:

    Summary: CVE-2021-3682 affecting package qemu for versions less than 6.2.0-2

    Details: A flaw was found in the USB redirector device emulation of QEMU in versions prior to 6.1.0-rc2. It occurs when dropping packets during a bulk transfer from a SPICE client due to the packet queue being full. A malicious SPICE client could use this flaw to make QEMU call free() with faked heap chunk metadata, resulting in a crash of QEMU or potential code execution with the privileges of the QEMU process on the host.

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: qemu

    Purl: pkg:rpm/azure-linux/qemu

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -6.2.0-2

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
    AZL-6830 | CVE-DB