Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting qemu package, versions <1:2.12+dfsg-3ubuntu9


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.77% (89th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2004-QEMU-581148
  • published9 Oct 2018
  • disclosed9 Oct 2018

Introduced: 9 Oct 2018

CVE-2018-17958  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:20.04 qemu to version 1:2.12+dfsg-3ubuntu9 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:20.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

Qemu has a Buffer Overflow in rtl8139_do_receive in hw/net/rtl8139.c because an incorrect integer data type is used.

CVSS Scores

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