CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2019-5008

NULL Pointer Dereference

Published: Apr 19, 2019 | Modified: Nov 07, 2023
CVSS 3.x
7.5
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
3.2 LOW
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L
Ubuntu
LOW

hw/sparc64/sun4u.c in QEMU 3.1.50 is vulnerable to a NULL pointer dereference, which allows the attacker to cause a denial of service via a device driver.

Weakness

A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Qemu Qemu 3.1.50 (including) 3.1.50 (including)
Qemu Ubuntu cosmic *
Qemu Ubuntu devel *
Qemu Ubuntu disco *
Qemu Ubuntu trusty *

Potential Mitigations

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