# CVE-2020-35504: A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the SCSI emulation support of QEMU in versions before 6.0.0.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2021-05-28 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a QEMU: qemu 6.0.0

## Description

A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the SCSI emulation support of QEMU in versions before 6.0.0. This flaw allows a privileged guest user to crash the QEMU process on the host, resulting in a denial of service. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a QEMU, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/04/16/3
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1909766
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/04/16/3
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210713-0006/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-27
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00008.html

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