Out-of-bounds Read Affecting qemu-project/qemu package, versions [,3.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (30th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-QEMUPROJECTQEMU-3007178
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed15 Nov 2018
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 15 Nov 2018

CVE-2018-18954  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade qemu-project/qemu to version 3.1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Read. The pnv_lpc_do_eccb function in hw/ppc/pnv_lpc.c in Qemu before 3.1 allows out-of-bounds write or read access to PowerNV memory.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1