CVE-2018-16847 HIGH

CVE-2018-16847

Vendor [Unknown]
Product QEMU:
Weakness CWE-787
Published November 2, 2018
Last update August 5, 2024

CVSS base score

7.0/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity High
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Low

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

An OOB heap buffer r/w access issue was found in the NVM Express Controller emulation in QEMU. It could occur in nvme_cmb_ops routines in nvme device. A guest user/process could use this flaw to crash the QEMU process resulting in DoS or potentially run arbitrary code with privileges of the QEMU process.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

November 2, 2018 CVE published
August 5, 2024 Record updated