NULL pointer dereference in Qemu
CVE-2016-2198
QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) built with the USB EHCI emulation support is vulnerable to a null pointer dereference flaw. It could occur when an application attempts to write to EHCI capabilities registers. A privileged user inside quest could use this flaw to crash the QEMU process instance resulting in DoS.
EPSS: 0.004 (34.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Affected products
- Qemu — versions 2.6.0
- Debian Debian_linux — versions 8.0
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secalert@redhat.com (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Third Party Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- secalert@redhat.com (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)
- secalert@redhat.com (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Patch)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2016-2198?
- CVE-2016-2198 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Qemu, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2016-12-29.
- How severe is CVE-2016-2198?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.