Security advisory

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  "id": "1037f00753228707e41f386421b51410eba37c694c83506a224b649a77d3ca7a",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-32844",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2021-32844",
    "summary": "HyperKit is a toolkit for embedding hypervisor capabilities in an application. In versions 0.20210107 and prior of HyperKit, ` vi_pci_write` has is a call to `vc_cfgwrite` that does not check for null which when called makes the host crash. This issue may lead to a guest crashing the host causing a denial of service. This issue is fixed in commit 451558fe8aaa8b24e02e34106e3bb9fe41d7ad13.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2021-32844",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
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        "CVE-2021-32844"
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
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      "affected": [
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              "repo": "https://github.com/moby/hyperkit",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
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                  "last_affected": "40cbd5caa9580e2b6de8fef53f4581943c430312"
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                {
                  "fixed": "451558fe8aaa8b24e02e34106e3bb9fe41d7ad13"
                }
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                        "last_affected": "0.20210107"
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                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
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                    "source": "REFERENCES_COMMIT"
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            "v0.20200908",
            "v0.20200224",
            "v0.20190802",
            "v0.20190201",
            "v0.20180621",
            "v0.20171204",
            "v0.20171020",
            "v0.20170904",
            "v0.20170519",
            "v0.20170511",
            "v0.20170425",
            "v0.20170227",
            "v0.20170214"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-32844.json",
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                "source": "https://github.com/moby/hyperkit/commit/451558fe8aaa8b24e02e34106e3bb9fe41d7ad13",
                "target": {
                  "file": "src/lib/virtio.c",
                  "function": "vi_pci_write"
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                "source": "https://github.com/moby/hyperkit/commit/451558fe8aaa8b24e02e34106e3bb9fe41d7ad13",
                "target": {
                  "file": "src/lib/virtio.c"
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            "vanir_signatures_modified": "2026-10-20T14:23:24Z"
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T14:23:24.951488906Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2021-054_057-moby-hyperkit/",
        "https://github.com/moby/hyperkit/commit/451558fe8aaa8b24e02e34106e3bb9fe41d7ad13",
        "https://github.com/moby/hyperkit/pull/313"
      ],
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    "related_cves": [
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        "value": "CVE-2021-32844",
        "evidence": "/id"
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    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 388853,
  "published_at": "2023-02-17T23:15:11.887+00:00"
}