ISOMAN

CVE

CVE-2018-7550

The load_multiboot function in hw/i386/multiboot.c in Quick Emulator (aka QEMU) allows local guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the QEMU host via a mh_load_end_addr value greater than mh_bss_end_addr, which triggers an out-of-bounds read or write memory access.

Severity
HIGH
CVSS
8.8
Published
Modified
NVD detailAll CVEs

Linked Releases

DistributionReleaseStatusEvidence
Ubuntu18.04.6 amd64 desktopunknownsource
Ubuntu18.04.6 amd64 live-serverunknownsource
Ubuntu16.04.7 amd64 desktopunknownsource
Ubuntu16.04.6 i386 desktopunknownsource
Ubuntu16.04.7 amd64 serverunknownsource
Ubuntu16.04.6 i386 serverunknownsource
Ubuntu14.04.6 amd64 desktopunknownsource
Ubuntu14.04.6 i386 desktopunknownsource
Ubuntu14.04.6 amd64 serverunknownsource
Ubuntu14.04.6 i386 serverunknownsource

References

  1. http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103181
  2. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1369
  3. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2462
  4. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1549798
  5. https://github.com/orangecertcc/security-research/security/advisories/GHSA-f49v-45qp-cv53
  6. https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00015.html
  7. https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00016.html
  8. https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html
  9. https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2018-02/msg06890.html
  10. https://usn.ubuntu.com/3649-1/
  11. https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4213
  12. http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103181
  13. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1369
  14. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2462
  15. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1549798
  16. https://github.com/orangecertcc/security-research/security/advisories/GHSA-f49v-45qp-cv53
  17. https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00015.html
  18. https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00016.html
  19. https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html
  20. https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2018-02/msg06890.html