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CVE-2018-16847
An OOB heap buffer r/w access issue was found in the NVM Express Controller emulation in QEMU.
Impact
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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Qemu | Qemu | through 3.0.0 Version 3.1.0 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | Versions 14.04, 16.04, 18.04, 18.10 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- 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