NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting qemu-tools package, versions <3.1.1.1-9.24.3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.43% (36th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES151-QEMUTOOLS-2686964
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed16 Apr 2021

Introduced: 16 Apr 2021

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

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.1 qemu-tools to version 3.1.1.1-9.24.3 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream qemu-tools package and not the qemu-tools package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.1 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