CVE-2019-12155

Public Exploit

Description

interface_release_resource in hw/display/qxl.c in QEMU 3.1.x through 4.0.0 has a NULL pointer dereference.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 2.37% Top 20%
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Affected: n/a n/a
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References

Link Tags
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2019-05/msg01321.html mailing list third party advisory patch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/05/22/1 mailing list exploit third party advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4454 vendor advisory
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/May/76 mailing list
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RVDHJB2QKXNDU7OFXIHIL5O5VN5QCSZL/ vendor advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BOE3PVFPMWMXV3DGP2R3XIHAF2ZQU3FS/ vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00000.html vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00008.html vendor advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2607 vendor advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00021.html mailing list
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2892 vendor advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3179 vendor advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3345 vendor advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3742 vendor advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3787 vendor advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4191-2/ vendor advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4191-1/ vendor advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:3723 vendor advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4344 vendor advisory
https://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3be7eb2f47bf71db5f80fcf8750ea395dd5ffdd2

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2019-12155?
CVE-2019-12155 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2019-12155?
To fix CVE-2019-12155, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2019-12155 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2019-12155 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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