CVE-2019-5008: qemu NULL Pointer Dereference
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2019-5008 is a high (CVSS 7.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in qemu. EPSS estimates a 2.82% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86.6% of scored vulnerabilities.
Severe, CVSS 7.5 (NVD); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources; EPSS 3% (FIRST, 03-11-2026)
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 3 · Related 3Timeline
- 19-04-2019PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 04-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
hw/sparc64/sun4u.c in QEMU 3.1.50 is vulnerable to a NULL pointer dereference, which allows the attacker to cause a denial of service via a device driver.
CVSS metrics
4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
2.82%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
87%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 2.82% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Debian1 product
- qemu< 1:3.1+dfsg-8
Qemu1 product
- qemu3.1.50
Ubuntu1 product
- qemu< 2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.46
3 vendors · 3 products
References
11 links- fakhrizulkifli.github.io/posts/2019/01/03/CVE-2019-5008/X Refsource MISCREPORTPatchThird Party Advisory
