NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting qemu package, versions <6.0.0-r2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.34% (27th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE321-QEMU-8488901
  • published6 Dec 2024
  • disclosed28 May 2021

Introduced: 28 May 2021

CVE-2020-35504  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.21 qemu to version 6.0.0-r2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream qemu package and not the qemu package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.21 relevant fixed versions and status.

A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the SCSI emulation support of QEMU in versions before 6.0.0. 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.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1