CVE-2021-3392
A use-after-free flaw was found in the MegaRAID emulator of QEMU. This issue occurs while...
A use-after-free flaw was found in the MegaRAID emulator of QEMU. This issue occurs while processing SCSI I/O requests in the case of an error mptsas_free_request() that does not dequeue the request object 'req' from a pending requests queue. This flaw allows a privileged guest user to crash the QEMU process on the host, resulting in a denial of service. Versions between 2.10.0 and 5.2.0 are potentially affected.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
3.2
A use-after-free flaw was found in the MegaRAID emulator of QEMU. This issue occurs while processing SCSI I/O requests in the case of an error mptsas_free_request() that does not dequeue the request object 'req' from a pending requests queue. This flaw allows a privileged guest user to crash the QEMU process on the host, resulting in a denial of service. Versions between 2.10.0 and 5.2.0 are potentially affected.
- Record
CVE-2021-3392- CVSS 3.1
- 3.2 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L - CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 Low
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-416
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
A use-after-free flaw was found in the MegaRAID emulator of QEMU. This issue occurs while processing SCSI I/O requests in the case of an error mptsas_free_request() that does not dequeue the request object 'req' from a pending requests queue. This flaw allows a privileged guest user to crash the QEMU process on the host, resulting in a denial of service. Versions between 2.10.0 and 5.2.0 are potentially affected.
- Record
CVE-2021-3392- Weakness
- CWE-416
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-26721 No score
A use-after-free flaw was found in the MegaRAID emulator of QEMU. This issue occurs while processing SCSI I/O requests in the case of an error mptsas_free_request() that does not dequeue the request object 'req' from a pending requests queue. This flaw allows a privileged guest user to crash the QEMU process on the host, resulting in a denial of service. Versions between 2.10.0 and 5.2.0 are potentially affected.
- Record
EUVD-2021-26721- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-466h-jr37-234f
3.2
A use-after-free flaw was found in the MegaRAID emulator of QEMU. This issue occurs while...
A use-after-free flaw was found in the MegaRAID emulator of QEMU. This issue occurs while processing SCSI I/O requests in the case of an error mptsas_free_request() that does not dequeue the request object 'req' from a pending requests queue. This flaw allows a privileged guest user to crash the QEMU process on the host, resulting in a denial of service. Versions between 2.10.0 and 5.2.0 are potentially affected.
- Record
GHSA-466h-jr37-234f- CVSS 3.1
- 3.2 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-416
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVALPINE-CVE-2021-3392
3.2
A use-after-free flaw was found in the MegaRAID emulator of QEMU. This issue occurs while processing SCSI I/O requests in the case of an error mptsas_free_request() that does not dequeue the request object 'req' from a pending requests queue. This flaw allows a privileged guest user to crash the QEMU process on the host, resulting in a denial of service. Versions between 2.10.0 and 5.2.0 are potentially affected.
- Record
ALPINE-CVE-2021-3392- CVSS 3.1
- 3.2 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-03
OSVBELL-CVE-2021-3392
3.2
CVE-2021-3392 does not affect BellSoft software
- Record
BELL-CVE-2021-3392- CVSS 3.1
- 3.2 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
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OSV
3.2
A use-after-free flaw was found in the MegaRAID emulator of QEMU. This issue occurs while processing SCSI I/O requests in the case of an error mptsas_free_request() that does not dequeue the request object 'req' from a pending requests queue. This flaw allows a privileged guest user to crash the QEMU process on the host, resulting in a denial of service. Versions between 2.10.0 and 5.2.0 are potentially affected.
- Record
CVE-2021-3392- CVSS 3.1
- 3.2 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2021-3392
3.2
A use-after-free flaw was found in the MegaRAID emulator of QEMU. This issue occurs while processing SCSI I/O requests in the case of an error mptsas_free_request() that does not dequeue the request object 'req' from a pending requests queue. This flaw allows a privileged guest user to crash the QEMU process on the host, resulting in a denial of service. Versions between 2.10.0 and 5.2.0 are potentially affected.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2021-3392- CVSS 3.1
- 3.2 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVOESA-2021-1191
6.0
qemu security update
QEMU is a FAST! processor emulator using dynamic translation to achieve good emulation speed.
Security Fix(es):
A potential stack overflow via infinite loop issue was found in various NIC emulators of QEMU in versions up to and including 5.2.0. The issue occurs in loopback mode of a NIC wherein reentrant DMA checks get bypassed. A guest user/process may use this flaw to consume CPU cycles or crash the QEMU process on the host resulting in DoS scenario.(CVE-2021-3416)
The patch for CVE-2020-17380/CVE-2020-25085 was found to be ineffective, thus making QEMU vulnerable to the out-of-bounds read/write access issues previously found in the SDHCI controller emulation code. This flaw allows a malicious privileged guest to crash the QEMU process on the host, resulting in a denial of service or potential code execution. QEMU up to (including) 5.2.0 is affected by this.(CVE-2021-3409)
A use-after-free flaw was found in the MegaRAID emulator of QEMU. This issue occurs while processing SCSI I/O requests in the case of an error mptsas_free_request() that does not dequeue the request object 'req' from a pending requests queue. This flaw allows a privileged guest user to crash the QEMU process on the host, resulting in a denial of service. Versions between 2.10.0 and 5.2.0 are potentially affected.(CVE-2021-3392)
QEMU 5.0.0 has a heap-based Buffer Overflow in flatview_read_continue in exec.c because hw/sd/sdhci.c mishandles a write operation in the SDHC_BLKSIZE case.(CVE-2020-25085)
- Record
OESA-2021-1191- CVSS 3.1
- 6.0 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2021-3392
3.2
A use-after-free flaw was found in the MegaRAID emulator of QEMU. This issue occurs while processing SCSI I/O requests in the case of an error mptsas_free_request() that does not dequeue the request object 'req' from a pending requests queue. This flaw allows a privileged guest user to crash the QEMU process on the host, resulting in a denial of service. Versions between 2.10.0 and 5.2.0 are potentially affected.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2021-3392- CVSS 3.1
- 3.2 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUSN-5010-1 No score
qemu vulnerabilities
Lei Sun discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled certain MMIO operations. An attacker inside the guest could possibly use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2020-15469)
Wenxiang Qian discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled certain ATAPI commands. An attacker inside the guest could possibly use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 21.04. (CVE-2020-29443)
Cheolwoo Myung discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled SCSI device emulation. An attacker inside the guest could possibly use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2020-35504, CVE-2020-35505, CVE-2021-3392)
Alex Xu discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled the virtio-fs shared file system daemon. An attacker inside the guest could possibly use this issue to read and write to host devices. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.10. (CVE-2020-35517)
It was discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled ARM Generic Interrupt Controller emulation. An attacker inside the guest could possibly use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 20.10. (CVE-2021-20221)
Alexander Bulekov, Cheolwoo Myung, Sergej Schumilo, Cornelius Aschermann, and Simon Werner discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled e1000 device emulation. An attacker inside the guest could possibly use this issue to cause QEMU to hang, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 20.10. (CVE-2021-20257)
It was discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled SDHCI controller emulation. An attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. In the default installation, when QEMU is used in combination with libvirt, attackers would be isolated by the libvirt AppArmor profile. (CVE-2021-3409)
It was discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled certain NIC emulation devices. An attacker inside the guest could possibly use this issue to cause QEMU to hang or crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 20.10. (CVE-2021-3416)
Remy Noel discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled the USB redirector device. An attacker inside the guest could possibly use this issue to cause QEMU to consume resources, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2021-3527)
It was discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled the virtio vhost-user GPU device. An attacker inside the guest could possibly use this issue to cause QEMU to consume resources, leading to a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.10, and Ubuntu 21.04. (CVE-2021-3544)
It was discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled the virtio vhost-user GPU device. An attacker inside the guest could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive host information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.10, and Ubuntu 21.04. (CVE-2021-3545)
It was discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled the virtio vhost-user GPU device. An attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. In the default installation, when QEMU is used in combination with libvirt, attackers would be isolated by the libvirt AppArmor profile. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.10, and Ubuntu 21.04. (CVE-2021-3546)
It was discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled the PVRDMA device. An attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. In the default installation, when QEMU is used in combination with libvirt, attackers would be isolated by the libvirt AppArmor profile. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.10, and Ubuntu 21.04. (CVE-2021-3582,…
- Record
USN-5010-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
qemuAlpine:v3.16 |
2.10.0 up to 6.0.0-r1 | 6.0.0-r1 |
qemuAlpine:v3.17 |
2.10.0 up to 6.0.0-r1 | 6.0.0-r1 |
qemuAlpine:v3.18 |
2.10.0 up to 6.0.0-r1 | 6.0.0-r1 |
qemuAlpine:v3.19 |
2.10.0 up to 6.0.0-r1 | 6.0.0-r1 |
qemuAlpine:v3.20 |
2.10.0 up to 6.0.0-r1 | 6.0.0-r1 |
qemuAlpine:v3.21 |
2.10.0 up to 6.0.0-r1 | 6.0.0-r1 |
qemuAlpine:v3.22 |
2.10.0 up to 6.0.0-r1 | 6.0.0-r1 |
qemuAlpine:v3.23 |
2.10.0 up to 6.0.0-r1 | 6.0.0-r1 |
qemuAlpine:v3.24 |
2.10.0 up to 6.0.0-r1 | 6.0.0-r1 |
qemuDebian:12 |
before 1:5.2+dfsg-10 | 1:5.2+dfsg-10 |
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| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
qemuDebian:13 |
before 1:5.2+dfsg-10 | 1:5.2+dfsg-10 |
qemuDebian:14 |
before 1:5.2+dfsg-10 | 1:5.2+dfsg-10 |
qemuDebian:9 From an advisory covering 7 CVEs |
before 1:2.8+dfsg-6+deb9u14, plus listed versions 1:2.8+dfsg-61:2.8+dfsg-6+deb9u11:2.8+dfsg-6+deb9u101:2.8+dfsg-6+deb9u111:2.8+dfsg-6+deb9u12 Show 9 moreShow less1:2.8+dfsg-6+deb9u131:2.8+dfsg-6+deb9u21:2.8+dfsg-6+deb9u31:2.8+dfsg-6+deb9u41:2.8+dfsg-6+deb9u51:2.8+dfsg-6+deb9u61:2.8+dfsg-6+deb9u71:2.8+dfsg-6+deb9u81:2.8+dfsg-6+deb9u9 |
1:2.8+dfsg-6+deb9u14 |
qemuDebian:10 From an advisory covering 35 CVEs |
before 1:3.1+dfsg-8+deb10u9, plus listed versions 1:3.1+dfsg-81:3.1+dfsg-8+deb10u21:3.1+dfsg-8+deb10u31:3.1+dfsg-8+deb10u41:3.1+dfsg-8+deb10u5 Show 4 moreShow less1:3.1+dfsg-8+deb10u61:3.1+dfsg-8+deb10u71:3.1+dfsg-8+deb10u81:3.1+dfsg-8~deb10u1 |
1:3.1+dfsg-8+deb10u9 |
qemuopenEuler:20.03-LTS-SP1 From an advisory covering 4 CVEs |
before 4.1.0-44.oe1 | 4.1.0-44.oe1 |
qemuUbuntu:18.04:LTS |
before 1:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.37, plus listed versions 1:2.10+dfsg-0ubuntu31:2.10+dfsg-0ubuntu41:2.10+dfsg-0ubuntu51:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu11:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu2 Show 36 moreShow less1:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu41:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu51:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu61:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu71:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.11:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.21:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.31:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.41:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.51:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.61:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.71:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.81:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.91:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.101:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.121:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.131:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.141:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.151:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.171:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.181:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.191:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.201:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.211:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.221:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.231:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.251:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.261:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.271:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.281:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.291:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.311:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.321:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.331:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.341:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.351:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.36 |
1:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.37 |
qemuUbuntu:20.04:LTS |
before 1:4.2-3ubuntu6.17, plus listed versions 1:4.0+dfsg-0ubuntu91:4.0+dfsg-0ubuntu101:4.2-1ubuntu11:4.2-1ubuntu21:4.2-3ubuntu1 Show 20 moreShow less1:4.2-3ubuntu21:4.2-3ubuntu31:4.2-3ubuntu41:4.2-3ubuntu51:4.2-3ubuntu61:4.2-3ubuntu6.11:4.2-3ubuntu6.21:4.2-3ubuntu6.31:4.2-3ubuntu6.41:4.2-3ubuntu6.51:4.2-3ubuntu6.61:4.2-3ubuntu6.71:4.2-3ubuntu6.81:4.2-3ubuntu6.91:4.2-3ubuntu6.101:4.2-3ubuntu6.111:4.2-3ubuntu6.121:4.2-3ubuntu6.141:4.2-3ubuntu6.151:4.2-3ubuntu6.16 |
1:4.2-3ubuntu6.17 |
qemuUbuntu:18.04:LTS From an advisory covering 20 CVEs |
before 1:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.37, plus listed versions 1:2.10+dfsg-0ubuntu31:2.10+dfsg-0ubuntu41:2.10+dfsg-0ubuntu51:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu11:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu2 Show 36 moreShow less1:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu41:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu51:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu61:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu71:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.11:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.21:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.31:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.41:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.51:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.61:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.71:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.81:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.91:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.101:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.121:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.131:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.141:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.151:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.171:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.181:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.191:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.201:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.211:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.221:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.231:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.251:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.261:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.271:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.281:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.291:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.311:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.321:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.331:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.341:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.351:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.36 |
1:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.37 |
qemuUbuntu:20.04:LTS From an advisory covering 20 CVEs |
before 1:4.2-3ubuntu6.17, plus listed versions 1:4.0+dfsg-0ubuntu91:4.0+dfsg-0ubuntu101:4.2-1ubuntu11:4.2-1ubuntu21:4.2-3ubuntu1 Show 20 moreShow less1:4.2-3ubuntu21:4.2-3ubuntu31:4.2-3ubuntu41:4.2-3ubuntu51:4.2-3ubuntu61:4.2-3ubuntu6.11:4.2-3ubuntu6.21:4.2-3ubuntu6.31:4.2-3ubuntu6.41:4.2-3ubuntu6.51:4.2-3ubuntu6.61:4.2-3ubuntu6.71:4.2-3ubuntu6.81:4.2-3ubuntu6.91:4.2-3ubuntu6.101:4.2-3ubuntu6.111:4.2-3ubuntu6.121:4.2-3ubuntu6.141:4.2-3ubuntu6.151:4.2-3ubuntu6.16 |
1:4.2-3ubuntu6.17 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected, facts | ||
| affected, aliases, references | OSV | |
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-3392 is a low vulnerability (CVSS 3.2) in Qemu, published March 23, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.45%, the 39th percentile. Fixed in qemu 6.0.0-r1.
References
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1924042
bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/+bug/1914236
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/04/msg00009.html
security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210507-0001
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00008.html
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3392
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github.com/advisories/GHSA-466h-jr37-234f
security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2021-3392
docs.bell-sw.com/security/cves/CVE-2021-3392
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-3392
openeuler.org/en/security/safety-bulletin/detail.html?id=openEuler-SA-2021-1191
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3416
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3409
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-25085
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-3392
lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2021-02/msg00488.html
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5010-1
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-3392
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-15469
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-29443
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-35504
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-35505
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-35517
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-3409
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-3416
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-3527
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-3544
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-3545
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-3546
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-3582
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-3592
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-3593
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-3594
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-3595
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-3607
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-3608
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-20221
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-20257
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