CVE-2018-17160

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    CVE-2018-17160

    Published: 4 Dec 2018Last Modified: 10 Mar 2026

    Summary:

    Details: In FreeBSD before 11.2-STABLE(r341486) and 11.2-RELEASE-p6, insufficient bounds checking in one of the device models provided by bhyve can permit a guest operating system to overwrite memory in the bhyve host possibly permitting arbitrary code execution. A guest OS using a firmware image can cause the bhyve process to crash, or possibly execute arbitrary code on the host as root.

    References: , http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106210, https://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-18:14.bhyve.asc

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

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    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    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