vulnerability
Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2018-7550: Security patch for qemu-kvm (ALAS-2018-1073)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | 2018-03-01 | 2018-09-07 | 2020-08-25 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
2018-03-01
Added
2018-09-07
Modified
2020-08-25
Description
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.
Solution
amazon-linux-upgrade-qemu-kvm
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