CVE-2021-4158 - CVE House
Back to Database
Status published Medium CVE-2021-4158

A NULL pointer dereference issue was found in the ACPI...

Vulnerability Description

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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

THREAT MONITOR

Am I Vulnerable?

Launch our assessment wizard to check if your infrastructure is exposed to • CVE-2021-4158

Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

QEMU
Vulnerable Versions:
Affects v6.0.0 and above.

Timeline

Official Publish: August 24th, 2022
Last Modified: August 3rd, 2024
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)