CVE-2019-12155
interface_release_resource in hw/display/qxl.c in QEMU 3.1.x through 4.0.0 has a NULL pointer dereference.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (5.55%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a 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.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 5.55% probability · 93th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-476
- Affected
- qemu/qemu
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 5.5% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00000.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00008.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/05/22/1Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:3723
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2607
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2892
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3179
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3345
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3742
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3787
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4344
- https://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3be7eb2f47bf71db5f80fcf8750ea395dd5ffdd2
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00021.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BOE3PVFPMWMXV3DGP2R3XIHAF2ZQU3FS/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RVDHJB2QKXNDU7OFXIHIL5O5VN5QCSZL/
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2019-05/msg01321.htmlMailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/May/76
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4191-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4191-2/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4454
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00000.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00008.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/05/22/1Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:3723
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2607
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2892
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3179
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3345
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3742
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3787
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.