NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting qemu package, versions <1:6.0+dfsg-3
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.05% (13th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN12-QEMU-1558239
- published 2 Jul 2020
- disclosed 2 Jul 2020
Introduced: 2 Jul 2020
CVE-2020-15469 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:12
qemu
to version 1:6.0+dfsg-3 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.
In QEMU 4.2.0, a MemoryRegionOps object may lack read/write callback methods, leading to a NULL pointer dereference.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-15469
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/07/02/1
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2020-06/msg09961.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00024.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00008.html