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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.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/issues/770
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2035002
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-4158
- https://www.mail-archive.com/qemu-devel%40nongnu.org/msg857944.html
- https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/commit/9bd6565ccee68f72d5012e24646e12a1c662827e
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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