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


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (29th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN13-QEMU-5693889
  • published2 Dec 2018
  • disclosed21 Mar 2019

Introduced: 2 Dec 2018

CVE-2018-18849  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:13 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:13 relevant fixed versions and status.

In Qemu 3.0.0, lsi_do_msgin in hw/scsi/lsi53c895a.c allows out-of-bounds access by triggering an invalid msg_len value.