NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting qemu-project/qemu package, versions [0,]


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-6156684
  • published15 Jan 2024
  • disclosed12 Jan 2024
  • creditFiona Ebner, Markus Frank

Introduced: 12 Jan 2024

CVE-2023-6683  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for qemu-project/qemu.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to NULL Pointer Dereference via the qemu_clipboard_request function. An attacker can crash the system and trigger a denial of service by sending a crafted ClientCutText message before the vnc_server_cut_text_caps function has initialized the clipboard peer.

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