7.5

CVE-2019-12155: qemu NULL Pointer Dereference

Modified
AliasesRHSA-2019:2607UBUNTU-CVE-2019-12155DEBIAN-CVE-2019-12155
Published 24-05-2019Last modified 04-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2019-12155 is a high (CVSS 7.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in qemu. EPSS estimates a 5.55% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92.8% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Priority
Prioritisepublic exploit

Public exploit (reference, Date unknown)

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
5.55%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits1reference

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 24 · Related 14
DLA-1927-1DSA-4454-1OPENSUSE-SU-2019:2041-1OPENSUSE-SU-2019:2059-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11287-1RHBA-2019:3723

Timeline

  1. 24-05-2019
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 04-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

interface_release_resource in hw/display/qxl.c in QEMU 3.1.x through 4.0.0 has a NULL pointer dereference.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

5.55%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

93%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 5.55% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (openwall.com)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Redhat5 products
  • qemu-img< 10:1.5.3-167.el7_7.1
  • qemu-kvm< 10:1.5.3-167.el7_7.1
  • qemu-kvm-common< 10:1.5.3-167.el7_7.1
  • qemu-kvm-debuginfo< 10:1.5.3-167.el7_7.1
  • qemu-kvm-tools< 10:1.5.3-167.el7_7.1
Debian1 product
  • qemu< 1:3.1+dfsg-8
Qemu1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • qemu< 2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.47 | < 1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.42 | < 1:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.20 | < 1:4.2-1ubuntu1

4 vendors · 8 products

References

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