MSRC_CVE-2021-4207

Vulnerability from csaf_microsoft - Published: 2022-04-02 00:00 - Updated: 2024-09-11 00:00
Summary
A flaw was found in the QXL display device emulation in QEMU. A double fetch of guest controlled values `cursor->header.width` and `cursor->header.height` can lead to the allocation of a small cursor object followed by a subsequent heap-based buffer overflow. A malicious privileged guest user could use this flaw to crash the QEMU process on the host or potentially execute arbitrary code within the context of the QEMU process.

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