CVE-2019-12155 Null dereference in n/a
High 7.5
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2019-12155 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2019-12155 is a high-severity vulnerability in Qemu Qemu, published on 24 May 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-12155 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Qemu Qemu. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-12155/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-12155/index.md)
A NULL pointer dereference in QEMU's QXL display interface allows attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted resource release operations.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2019-12155?
CVE-2019-12155 is a high-severity vulnerability in Qemu Qemu, published on 24 May 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
interface_release_resource in hw/display/qxl.c in QEMU 3.1.x through 4.0.0 has a NULL pointer dereference.
Weakness: CWE-476
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-12155?
It affects 1 product.
Linux distribution packages (20)
qemu-img Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 10:1.5.3-167.el7_7.1 |
qemu-kvm Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 10:1.5.3-167.el7_7.1 |
qemu-kvm-common Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 10:1.5.3-167.el7_7.1 |
qemu-kvm-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 10:1.5.3-167.el7_7.1 |
qemu-kvm-tools Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 10:1.5.3-167.el7_7.1 |
qemu-img Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode | All versions | 10:1.5.3-167.el7_7.1 |
qemu-kvm Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode | All versions | 10:1.5.3-167.el7_7.1 |
qemu-kvm-common Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode | All versions | 10:1.5.3-167.el7_7.1 |
qemu-kvm-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode | All versions | 10:1.5.3-167.el7_7.1 |
qemu-kvm-tools Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode | All versions | 10:1.5.3-167.el7_7.1 |
qemu-img Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server | All versions | 10:1.5.3-167.el7_7.1 |
qemu-kvm Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server | All versions | 10:1.5.3-167.el7_7.1 |
qemu-kvm-common Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server | All versions | 10:1.5.3-167.el7_7.1 |
qemu-kvm-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server | All versions | 10:1.5.3-167.el7_7.1 |
qemu-kvm-tools Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server | All versions | 10:1.5.3-167.el7_7.1 |
qemu-img Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation | All versions | 10:1.5.3-167.el7_7.1 |
qemu-kvm Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation | All versions | 10:1.5.3-167.el7_7.1 |
qemu-kvm-common Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation | All versions | 10:1.5.3-167.el7_7.1 |
qemu-kvm-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation | All versions | 10:1.5.3-167.el7_7.1 |
qemu-kvm-tools Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation | All versions | 10:1.5.3-167.el7_7.1 |
Products include Qemu Qemu.
How do I fix CVE-2019-12155?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2019-12155 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-12155 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Qemu Qemu
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2019-12155, GHSA-96vp-7vcr-rp4h, RHSA-2019:2607, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-12155.