CVE
CVE-2018-16847
An OOB heap buffer r/w access issue was found in the NVM Express Controller emulation in QEMU. It could occur in nvme_cmb_ops routines in nvme device. A guest user/process could use this flaw to crash the QEMU process resulting in DoS or potentially run arbitrary code with privileges of the QEMU process.
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS
- 7.8
- Published
- Modified
Linked Releases
| Distribution | Release | Status | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu | 18.04.6 amd64 desktop | unknown | source |
| Ubuntu | 18.04.6 amd64 live-server | unknown | source |
| Ubuntu | 16.04.7 amd64 desktop | unknown | source |
| Ubuntu | 16.04.6 i386 desktop | unknown | source |
| Ubuntu | 16.04.7 amd64 server | unknown | source |
| Ubuntu | 16.04.6 i386 server | unknown | source |
| Ubuntu | 14.04.6 amd64 desktop | unknown | source |
| Ubuntu | 14.04.6 i386 desktop | unknown | source |
| Ubuntu | 14.04.6 amd64 server | unknown | source |
| Ubuntu | 14.04.6 i386 server | unknown | source |
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105866
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16847
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2018-11/msg00200.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3826-1/
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/11/02/1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105866
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16847
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2018-11/msg00200.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3826-1/
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/11/02/1