vulnerability
Debian: CVE-2018-7550: qemu, qemu-kvm -- security update
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Mar 1, 2018 | May 31, 2018 | Mar 30, 2026 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Mar 1, 2018
Added
May 31, 2018
Modified
Mar 30, 2026
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.
Solutions
debian-upgrade-qemudebian-upgrade-qemu-kvm
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