Integer overflow in QEMU - CVE-2018-10839
Published: November 12, 2018 / Updated: November 21, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU15995
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-10839
CWE-ID: CWE-190
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: QEMU
Affected software:
QEMU
QEMU
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow when built with the NE2000 NIC emulation support. A remote attacker can supply specially crafted packets over the network, trigger memory corruption and crash the Qemu process.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-10839
Update to version 3.0.0.