NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting qemu package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (16th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-QEMU-459340
  • published9 Aug 2019
  • disclosed2 Jun 2021

Introduced: 9 Aug 2019

CVE-2019-12067  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Ubuntu:16.04 qemu.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream qemu package and not the qemu package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:16.04 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.

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