CVE-2018-20815

    Dashboard / Vulnerabilities / CVE-2018-20815

    CVE-2018-20815

    Published: 31 May 2019Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: In QEMU 3.1.0, load_device_tree in device_tree.c calls the deprecated load_image function, which has a buffer overflow risk.

    References: https://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=da885fe1ee8b4589047484bd7fa05a4905b52b17, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BOE3PVFPMWMXV3DGP2R3XIHAF2ZQU3FS/, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RVDHJB2QKXNDU7OFXIHIL5O5VN5QCSZL/, https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/41, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1667, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1723, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1743, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1881, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1968, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2507, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2553, https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4506

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 32a1a94dd324d33578dca1dc96d7896a0244d768
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    3.1.0

    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