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CVE-2021-20196

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.5 EPSS 0.48%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2021-05-26 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.5. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.

CVE
CVE-2021-20196
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
6.5
EPSS
0.48%

Original NVD 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.

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