NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting qemu package, versions <1:2.10.0-1
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
Scope
Changed
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.06% (24th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN12-QEMU-1558131
- published 23 Aug 2017
- disclosed 23 Aug 2017
Introduced: 23 Aug 2017
CVE-2017-12809 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:12
qemu
to version 1:2.10.0-1 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 Debian
.
See How to fix?
for Debian:12
relevant fixed versions and status.
QEMU (aka Quick Emulator), when built with the IDE disk and CD/DVD-ROM Emulator support, allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and QEMU process crash) by flushing an empty CDROM device drive.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-12809
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3991
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-08/msg01850.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/08/21/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100451
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-12809