CVE-2024-8612
A local attacker can exploit a vulnerability in QEMU to disclose information.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- A local attacker can disclose information from the hypervisor.
- Who is affected
- Local users on systems running QEMU.
- Urgency
- Low priority; requires local access and does not enable code execution.
- Action
- Update QEMU to address CVE-2024-8612.
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Exploitation outlook
- Low exploitation risk0.20% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 10% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Advisory coverage (1)
- low[UPDATE] [low] QEMU: Vulnerability enables information disclosurecert-bund · 2026-08-24
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