Use After Free Affecting qemu-project/qemu package, versions [,2.1.3)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (30th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-QEMUPROJECTQEMU-3007206
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed12 Jan 2018
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 12 Jan 2018

CVE-2014-3471  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade qemu-project/qemu to version 2.1.3 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Use After Free. Use-after-free vulnerability in hw/pci/pcie.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (QEMU instance crash) via hotplug and hotunplug operations of Virtio block devices.

CVSS Scores

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