Qemu CVE-2018-7550 Out of Bounds Read and Write Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	103181
Class:	Boundary Condition Error
CVE:	CVE-2018-7550
Remote:	No
Local:	Yes
Published:	Feb 27 2018 12:00AM
Updated:	Feb 27 2018 12:00AM
Credit:	Cyrille Chatras (Orange.com) and CERT-CC (Orange.com)
Vulnerable:	Redhat OpenStack Platform 9.0 Redhat OpenStack Platform 8.0 (Liberty) Redhat OpenStack Platform 12 Redhat OpenStack Platform 11 Redhat OpenStack Platform 10 Redhat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 (Kilo) for RHEL 7 Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 QEMU QEMU 0
Not Vulnerable:

Qemu CVE-2018-7550 Out of Bounds Read and Write Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability

Qemu is prone to a local arbitrary code-execution vulnerability.

Attackers can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code within the context of the affected application. Failed exploit attempts will result in a denial-of-service condition.

Qemu CVE-2018-7550 Out of Bounds Read and Write Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability

Currently, we are not aware of any working exploits. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

Qemu CVE-2018-7550 Out of Bounds Read and Write Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references or vendor advisory for more information.

Qemu CVE-2018-7550 Out of Bounds Read and Write Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability

References:

• [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] multiboot: check mh_load_end_addr address field (QEMU)
  
• Bug 1549798 - (CVE-2018-7550) CVE-2018-7550 Qemu: i386: multiboot OOB access whi (Redhat)
  
• CVE-2018-7550 (Redhat)
  
• QEMU Homepage (QEMU)