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        "ID": "CVE-2020-27821",
        "ASSIGNER": "secalert@redhat.com",
        "STATE": "PUBLIC"
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                {
                    "vendor_name": "n/a",
                    "product": {
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                            {
                                "product_name": "QEMU",
                                "version": {
                                    "version_data": [
                                        {
                                            "version_value": "prior to 5.2.0"
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    "problemtype": {
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            {
                "description": [
                    {
                        "lang": "eng",
                        "value": "CWE-787->CWE-122"
                    }
                ]
            }
        ]
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    "references": {
        "reference_data": [
            {
                "refsource": "MISC",
                "name": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1902651",
                "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1902651"
            },
            {
                "refsource": "MLIST",
                "name": "[oss-security] 20201216 CVE-2020-27821 QEMU: heap buffer overflow in msix_table_mmio_write() in hw/pci/msix.c",
                "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/12/16/6"
            },
            {
                "refsource": "CONFIRM",
                "name": "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210115-0006/",
                "url": "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210115-0006/"
            },
            {
                "refsource": "MLIST",
                "name": "[debian-lts-announce] 20220905 [SECURITY] [DLA 3099-1] qemu security update",
                "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00008.html"
            }
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                "value": "A flaw was found in the memory management API of QEMU during the initialization of a memory region cache. This issue could lead to an out-of-bounds write access to the MSI-X table while performing MMIO operations. A guest user may abuse this flaw to crash the QEMU process on the host, resulting in a denial of service. This flaw affects QEMU versions prior to 5.2.0."
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