NULL pointer dereference in QEMU - CVE-2019-5008
Published: September 2, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU20500
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-5008
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
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 "hw/sparc64/sun4u.c". A remote attacker can trigger denial of service conditions via a device driver.
Affected software
QEMU
Opensuse
Fedora
qemu
Opensuse
Fedora
qemu
How to mitigate CVE-2019-5008
Install update from vendor's website.
QEMU - update to 4.0.0
qemu - addressed in versions 3.0.1-4.fc29, 3.1.0-9.fc30
qemu - addressed in versions 3.0.1-4.fc29, 3.1.0-9.fc30