CVE-2018-7550
Public on 2018-03-01
Modified on 2018-09-15
Description
Quick Emulator (QEMU), compiled with the PC System Emulator with multiboot feature support, is vulnerable to an OOB r/w memory access issue. The issue could occur while loading a kernel image during the guest boot, if mh_load_end_addr address is greater than the mh_bss_end_addr address. A user or process could use this flaw to potentially achieve arbitrary code execution on a host.
Severity
Medium
CVSS v3 Base Score
See breakdown
Affected Packages
| Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 1 | qemu-kvm | 2018-09-05 | ALAS-2018-1073 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 2 - Core | qemu-kvm | 2018-09-12 | ALAS2-2018-1073 | Fixed |
CVSS Scores
| Score Type | Score | Vector | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux | CVSSv2 | 6.2 | AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| Amazon Linux | CVSSv3 | 7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | CVSSv2 | 4.6 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| NVD | CVSSv3 | 8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |