# CVE-2021-4207: A flaw was found in the QXL display device emulation in QEMU.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2022-04-29 · Updated: 2025-03-21

## Affected

- n/a QEMU: qemu-kvm 7.0.0

## Description

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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## References

- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2036966
- https://starlabs.sg/advisories/21-4207/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5133
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-27
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00008.html

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