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Debian: CVE-2021-4158: qemu -- security update

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:M/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Aug 24, 2022
Added
Jul 30, 2024
Modified
Mar 30, 2026

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.

Solution

debian-upgrade-qemu
Title
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