NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting qemu package, versions *


low

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    Scope Changed
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.05% (13th percentile)
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NVD
6.5 medium
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Red Hat
3.2 low

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN12-QEMU-1558397
  • published 9 Aug 2019
  • disclosed 2 Jun 2021

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Debian:12 qemu.

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.

The ahci_commit_buf function in ide/ahci.c in QEMU allows attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL dereference) when the command header 'ad->cur_cmd' is null.