CVE-2021-4158
Estado: ModificadaMedia (6)—
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.
CVSS
- Versión: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Puntuación base: 6
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.40%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 32
- Fecha de la puntuación: 7/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (2)
CWE
- CWE-476
- CWE-476
Referencias
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-4158
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2035002
- https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/commit/9bd6565ccee68f72d5012e24646e12a1c662827e
- https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/issues/770
- https://www.mail-archive.com/qemu-devel%40nongnu.org/msg857944.html
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-4158
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2035002
- https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/commit/9bd6565ccee68f72d5012e24646e12a1c662827e
- https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/issues/770
- https://www.mail-archive.com/qemu-devel%40nongnu.org/msg857944.html
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