CWE Code: 476
Vulnerability Type: privilege_escalation
CVSS Score: 2.1
CWE Name:  NULL Pointer Dereference
Summary: qemu (aka quick emulator) built with the usb ehci emulation support is vulnerable to a null pointer dereference flaw. it could occur when an application attempts to write to ehci capabilities registers. a privileged user inside quest could use this flaw to crash the qemu process instance resulting in dos.
Access Authentication: NONE
Access Complexity: LOW
Access Vector: LOCAL
Impact (C/I/A): NONE/NONE/PARTIAL
Published Date: 2016-12-29
Last Modified Date: 2018-09-07
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CWE Code: 476
Vulnerability Type: privilege_escalation
CVSS Score: 2.1
CWE Name:  NULL Pointer Dereference
Summary: qemu (aka quick emulator) built with the usb ehci emulation support is vulnerable to a null pointer dereference flaw. it could occur when an application attempts to write to ehci capabilities registers. a privileged user inside quest could use this flaw to crash the qemu process instance resulting in dos.
Access Authentication: NONE
Access Complexity: LOW
Access Vector: LOCAL
Impact (C/I/A): NONE/NONE/PARTIAL
Published Date: 2016-12-29
Last Modified Date: 2018-09-07
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