VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2021-20196

CVSS score6.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.48%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2021-05-26
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

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.

Weakness classification

  • secalert@redhat.com: CWE-476
  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-476

Primary references