CVE-2018-7550
4.6 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
8.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
8.5 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
32.6%
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.
Affected configurations
References
www.securityfocus.com/bid/103181
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1369
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2462
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1549798
github.com/orangecertcc/security-research/security/advisories/GHSA-f49v-45qp-cv53
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00015.html
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00016.html
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html
lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2018-02/msg06890.html
usn.ubuntu.com/3649-1/
www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4213
Related
4.6 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
8.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
8.5 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
32.6%