SB2020070707 - Denial of service in QEMU
Published: July 7, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2020070707
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-15469)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error in QEMU. A remote attacker can trigger the MemoryRegionOps object to lack read/write callback methods, leading to a NULL pointer dereference.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.