Vulnerability CVE-2021-4158: Information

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.

Severity: MEDIUM (6.0) Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Published: Aug. 24, 2022
Modified: Jan. 26, 2024
Error type identifier: CWE-476

Fixed packages

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

    1. Configuration 1

      cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
      Start including
      6.0.0
      End excliding
      7.0.0

      Configuration 2

      cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*