CVE-2018-18954

Summary

CVECVE-2018-18954
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-11-15 20:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-05-31 14:29:00 UTC
DescriptionThe pnv_lpc_do_eccb function in hw/ppc/pnv_lpc.c in Qemu before 3.1 allows out-of-bounds write or read access to PowerNV memory.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-125 | CWE-787

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
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 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.10 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 42.3 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 42.3 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu All All All All
Application Qemu Qemu All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
QEMU 'hw/ppc/pnv_lpc.c' Out of Bounds Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:1074-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] ppc/pnv: check size before data buffer acces MLIST lists.gnu.org Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
USN-3826-1: QEMU vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
oss-security - CVE-2018-18954 QEMU: ppc64: Out-of-bounds r/w stack access in pnv_lpc_do_eccb MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4454-1 qemu DEBIAN www.debian.org
Bugtraq: [SECURITY] [DSA 4454-1] qemu security update BUGTRAQ seclists.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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