CVE-2018-7550
HIGH8.8EPSS 0.08%qemu - security update
Published: 3/1/2018Modified: 3/9/2026
Also known as:DEBIAN-CVE-2018-7550DLA-1351-1
Description
The load_multiboot function in hw/i386/multiboot.c in Quick Emulator (aka QEMU) allows local guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the QEMU host via a mh_load_end_addr value greater than mh_bss_end_addr, which triggers an out-of-bounds read or write memory access.
Affected packages (3)
- Debian/qemufrom 0, < 1:2.12~rc3+dfsg-1
- Debian/qemufrom 0, < 1.1.2+dfsg-6+deb7u25
- Debian/qemu-kvmfrom 0, < 1.1.2+dfsg-6+deb7u25
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |