CWE Code: 476
Vulnerability Type: privilege_escalation
CVSS Score: 2.1
CWE Name:  NULL Pointer Dereference
Summary: the msi-x mmio support in hw/pci/msix.c in qemu (aka quick emulator) allows local guest os privileged users to cause a denial of service (null pointer dereference and qemu process crash) by leveraging failure to define the .write method.
Access Authentication: NONE
Access Complexity: LOW
Access Vector: LOCAL
Impact (C/I/A): NONE/NONE/PARTIAL
Published Date: 2017-10-30
Last Modified Date: 2017-11-21
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CWE Code: 476
Vulnerability Type: privilege_escalation
CVSS Score: 2.1
CWE Name:  NULL Pointer Dereference
Summary: the msi-x mmio support in hw/pci/msix.c in qemu (aka quick emulator) allows local guest os privileged users to cause a denial of service (null pointer dereference and qemu process crash) by leveraging failure to define the .write method.
Access Authentication: NONE
Access Complexity: LOW
Access Vector: LOCAL
Impact (C/I/A): NONE/NONE/PARTIAL
Published Date: 2017-10-30
Last Modified Date: 2017-11-21
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