Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting qemu package, versions <1:3.1+dfsg-1
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.06% (24th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN12-QEMU-1558578
- published 18 Oct 2018
- disclosed 19 Oct 2018
Introduced: 18 Oct 2018
CVE-2018-18438 Open this link in a new tabHow 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.
Qemu has integer overflows because IOReadHandler and its associated functions use a signed integer data type for a size value.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-18438
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2018-10/msg02396.html
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2018-10/msg02402.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/10/17/3
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105953
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2018-18438