Out-of-bounds Write Affecting qemu package, versions <1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.36


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (28th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-QEMU-341632
  • published29 Jan 2019
  • disclosed21 Mar 2019

Introduced: 29 Jan 2019

CVE-2019-6778  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:16.04 qemu to version 1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.36 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 Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:16.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

In QEMU 3.0.0, tcp_emu in slirp/tcp_subr.c has a heap-based buffer overflow.