Use After Free Affecting qemu package, versions <1:6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu6.11


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (15th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2204-QEMU-2781666
  • published31 Mar 2022
  • disclosed29 Mar 2022

Introduced: 29 Mar 2022

CVE-2022-1050  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:22.04 qemu to version 1:6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu6.11 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 Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:22.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

A flaw was found in the QEMU implementation of VMWare's paravirtual RDMA device. This flaw allows a crafted guest driver to execute HW commands when shared buffers are not yet allocated, potentially leading to a use-after-free condition.

CVSS Scores

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