#VU16554 Integer overflow in QEMU - CVE-2018-17958

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#VU16554 Integer overflow in QEMU - CVE-2018-17958

Published: December 17, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU16554
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/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-2018-17958
CWE-ID: CWE-190
Exploitation vector: Adjecent network
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
QEMU
Software vendor:
QEMU

Description

The vulnerability allows an adjacent attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in rtl8139_do_receive in hw/net/rtl8139.c because an incorrect integer data type is used. An adjacent attacker can trigger integer overflow and cause the service to crash.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

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