CVE-2018-16847

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    CVE-2018-16847

    Published: 2 Nov 2018Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105866, https://usn.ubuntu.com/3826-1/, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16847, https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2018-11/msg00200.html, https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/11/02/1

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    3.1.0-rc0
    3.1.0-rc1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High