Out-of-Bounds Affecting qemu-system-x86 package, versions <12:2.9.0-17.el7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.55% (78th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-QEMUSYSTEMX86-2530750
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed9 Oct 2018

Introduced: 9 Oct 2018

CVE-2018-17962  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 qemu-system-x86 to version 12:2.9.0-17.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2018-4262.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream qemu-system-x86 package and not the qemu-system-x86 package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

Qemu has a Buffer Overflow in pcnet_receive in hw/net/pcnet.c because an incorrect integer data type is used.