CVE-2019-12155

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions QEMU versions 3.1.x through 4.0.0

Description The issue is related to a NULL pointer dereference in the interface release resource function in hw/display/qxl.c. This could potentially allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service. The estimated number of potentially affected devices worldwide is not specified.

Recommendations For QEMU versions 3.1.x through 4.0.0, consider disabling the interface release resource function as a temporary workaround until a patch is available. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.