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Out-of-bounds Read Affecting qemu package, versions <1:3.1+dfsg-1

0.0
high

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    Confidentiality High
    Integrity High
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.06% (26th percentile)
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NVD
7.8 high
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SUSE
7 high
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Red Hat
7 high

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN12-QEMU-1558211
  • published 2 Dec 2018
  • disclosed 2 Nov 2018
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Introduced: 2 Nov 2018

CVE-2018-16847 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-125 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-787 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:12 qemu to version 1:3.1+dfsg-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream qemu package and not the qemu package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.

An OOB heap buffer r/w access issue was found in the NVM Express Controller emulation in QEMU. It could occur in nvme_cmb_ops routines in nvme device. A guest user/process could use this flaw to crash the QEMU process resulting in DoS or potentially run arbitrary code with privileges of the QEMU process.