Integer Overflow Vulnerability in Qemu with NE2000 NIC Emulation Support
CVE-2018-10839

6.5MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

The Qemu Project

Status
Qemu-kvm
Vendor
CVE Published:
16 October 2018

What is CVE-2018-10839?

An integer overflow vulnerability exists in Qemu emulator versions up to 3.0.0 that supports NE2000 NIC emulation. This flaw can lead to a buffer overflow condition when processing incoming network packets. An attacker with access to the guest system could exploit this weakness to crash the Qemu process, resulting in potential denial-of-service (DoS) conditions.

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Affected Version(s)

Qemu-kvm <= 3.0.0

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10839
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https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4338
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https://usn.ubuntu.com/3826-1/
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.5
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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