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CVE-2021-3592
- Severity: low (CVSS 3.8 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2021-06-15 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-824
Description
An invalid pointer initialization issue was found in the SLiRP networking implementation of QEMU. The flaw exists in the bootp_input() function and could occur while processing a udp packet that is smaller than the size of the 'bootp_t' structure. A malicious guest could use this flaw to leak 10 bytes of uninitialized heap memory from the host. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality. This flaw affects libslirp versions prior to 4.6.0.
Affected products
- Debian Linux: 9.0
- Fedoraproject Fedora: 33, 34
- Libslirp Project Libslirp: before 4.6.0 — fixed in 4.6.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux: 8.0
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: Libslirp Project Libslirp 4.6.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1970484
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/09/msg00000.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/09/msg00004.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/03/msg00013.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GCKWZWY64EHTOQMLVLTSZ4AA27EWRJMH/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SGPQZFVJCFGDSISFXPCQTTBBD7QZLJKI/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-44
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210805-0004/
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1970484
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/09/msg00000.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/09/msg00004.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/03/msg00013.html
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