NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting qemu package, versions <1:6.0+dfsg-3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.43% (34th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-QEMU-18321968
  • published27 Jul 2026
  • disclosed2 Jul 2020

Introduced: 2 Jul 2020

CVE-2020-15469  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Echo:latest 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 Echo. See How to fix? for Echo:latest 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.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1