CVE-2019-12067 [Medium] | Denial of Service in Qemu

CVE-2019-12067 is rated Low Risk (33.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.31%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

#	Date	Old EPSS score	New EPSS score	Delta (New - Old)
1	2026-06-15	0.17%	0.31%	+0.14%
2	2025-11-21	0.06%	0.17%	+0.10%
3	2025-11-18	—	0.06%	—

Date

Old EPSS score

New EPSS score

Delta (New - Old)

2026-06-15

0.17%

0.31%

+0.14%

2025-11-21

0.06%

0.17%

+0.10%

2025-11-18

—

0.06%

—

Base score	Version	Severity	Vector	Exploitability	Impact	Score source
6.5	3.1	MEDIUM	`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H` Click to expand Attack vector (AV:L) They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by. Attack complexity (AC:L) Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup. Privileges required (PR:L) A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin. User interaction (UI:N) Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping. Scope (S:C) Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius. Confidentiality (C:N) Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way. Integrity (I:N) Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged. Availability (A:H) Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.	2.0	4.0	[email protected]
2.1	2.0	LOW	`AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P` Click to expand Access vector (AV:L) Requires local access to the target system. Access complexity (AC:L) Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable. Authentication (AU:N) No authentication is required. Confidentiality impact (C:N) No confidentiality impact. Integrity impact (I:N) No integrity impact. Availability impact (A:P) Partial availability impact.	3.9	2.9	[email protected]

Base score

Version

Severity

Vector

Exploitability

Impact

Score source

6.5

3.1

MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand

Attack vector (AV:L): They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L): Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L): A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N): Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:C): Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:N): Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N): Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H): Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.

2.0

4.0

[email protected]

2.1

2.0

LOW

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand

Access vector (AV:L): Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L): Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N): No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N): No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N): No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P): Partial availability impact.

3.9

2.9

[email protected]

OS Trackers for CVE-2019-12067

vendor	priority	summary	link
`debian`	low	CVE-2019-12067 low priority: Debian including 1 source packages (qemu), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): open 5.	https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-12067
`redhat`	low	—	https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-12067
`suse`	low	CVE-2019-12067 severity low: SUSE including 76 source package names (kvm, qemu, …), 1105 product×package rows across 98 product lines (SLES for SAP Applications 11 SP2, SLES for SAP Applications 11 SP3, … (98 product lines)): Known Not Affected 1072, Fixed 33.	https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-12067/
`ubuntu`	low	CVE-2019-12067 low priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (qemu, qemu-kvm), 36 status rows across 18 suites (bionic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 17, ignored 10, deferred 7, needs-triage 2.	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-12067

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2019-12067

Vendor	Product	Version	Raw CPE
qemu	qemu	—	cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:-:::::::*
debian	debian_linux	9.0	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:::::::*
debian	debian_linux	10.0	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:::::::*
debian	debian_linux	11.0	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:::::::*
fedoraproject	fedora	30	cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:30:::::::*
redhat	openstack_platform	10.0	cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack_platform:10.0:::::::*
redhat	openstack_platform	14.0	cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack_platform:14.0:::::::*
redhat	enterprise_linux	8.0	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:::::::*
redhat	enterprise_linux	8.0	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0::::advanced_virtualization:::

References for CVE-2019-12067

URL	Tags
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1145642	Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2019-08/msg01358.html	Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2019-08/msg01487.html	Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-12067	Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210727-0001/	Third Party Advisory

URL

CVE-2019-12067

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2019-12067

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2019-12067

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2019-12067

OS Trackers for CVE-2019-12067

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2019-12067

References for CVE-2019-12067