CVE-2021-4158 (GCVE-0-2021-4158)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-08-24 15:10 – Updated: 2024-08-03 17:16
VLAI?
Summary
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.
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CWE
  • CWE-476 - - NULL Pointer Dereference
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Vendor Product Version
n/a QEMU Affected: Affects v6.0.0 and above.
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