CVE-2018-7550

Summary

CVECVE-2018-7550
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-03-01 17:29:00 UTC
Updated2024-01-30 22:15:00 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-125

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 17.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 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 17.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu All All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus 7.6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus 7.7 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus 7.6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus 7.7 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus 7.5 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus 7.6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus 7.7 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus 7.5 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus 7.6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus 7.7 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Tus 7.6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Tus 7.7 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Tus 7.6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Tus 7.7 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
USN-3649-1: QEMU vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
1549798 – (CVE-2018-7550) CVE-2018-7550 QEMU: i386: multiboot OOB access while loading kernel image CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 1351-1] qemu security update MLIST lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 1497-1] qemu security update MLIST lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 1350-1] qemu-kvm security update MLIST lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[Qemu-devel] [PATCH] multiboot: check mh_load_end_addr address field MLIST lists.gnu.org Mailing List, Patch
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4213-1 qemu DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Qemu CVE-2018-7550 Out of Bounds Read and Write Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
QEMU - Out of bound memory access on multiboot kernel load (CVE-2018-7550) · Advisory · orangecertcc/security-research · GitHub github.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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