CVE-2018-16847

Summary

CVECVE-2018-16847
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-11-02 22:29:00 UTC
Updated2020-05-14 15:01:00 UTC
DescriptionAn 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-125 | CWE-787

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.10 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 3.1.0 rc0 All All
Application Qemu Qemu 3.1.0 rc1 All All
Application Qemu Qemu 3.1.0 rc0 All All
Application Qemu Qemu 3.1.0 rc1 All All
Application Qemu Qemu All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
1644052 – (CVE-2018-16847) CVE-2018-16847 QEMU: nvme: Out-of-bounds r/w buffer access in cmb operations CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
oss-security - CVE-2018-16847 QEMU: nvme: Out-of-bounds r/w buffer access in cmb operations MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
[Qemu-devel] [PATCH] nvme: fix oob access issue(CVE-2018-16847) MISC lists.gnu.org Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
USN-3826-1: QEMU vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
QEMU CVE-2018-16847 Local Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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