CVE-2021-4158
Published: 24 December 2021
A NULL pointer dereference issue was found in the ACPI code of QEMU. A malicious, privileged user within the guest could use this flaw to crash the QEMU process on the host, resulting in a denial of service condition.
Notes
Author | Note |
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mdeslaur | introduced in 6.0.0 |
Priority
Status
Package | Release | Status |
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qemu Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Not vulnerable
(code not present)
|
focal |
Not vulnerable
(code not present)
|
|
hirsute |
Not vulnerable
(code not present)
|
|
impish |
Released
(1:6.0+dfsg-2expubuntu1.2)
|
|
jammy |
Released
(1:6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu5)
|
|
trusty |
Not vulnerable
(code not present)
|
|
upstream |
Needs triage
|
|
xenial |
Not vulnerable
(code not present)
|
|
Patches: upstream: https://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=9bd6565ccee68f72d5012e24646e12a1c662827e |
Severity score breakdown
Parameter | Value |
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Base score | 6.0 |
Attack vector | Local |
Attack complexity | Low |
Privileges required | High |
User interaction | None |
Scope | Changed |
Confidentiality | None |
Integrity impact | None |
Availability impact | High |
Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H |