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CVE-2021-4158
Published: Aug 24, 2022
Modified: Aug 3, 2024
PUBLISHED
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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | QEMU | affected Affects v6.0.0 and above. |
Weaknesses (CWE)
References
https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/issues/770
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2035002
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https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-4158
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