CVEvulnerability
CVE-2018-5683
6.0 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2018-01-23
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 6.0 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 2.1 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-125
Description
The vga_draw_text function in Qemu allows local OS guest privileged users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and QEMU process crash) by leveraging improper memory address validation.
Affected configurations
• qemu qemu (<= 2.11.1)
• debian debian linux 8.0
• debian debian linux 9.0
• redhat enterprise linux desktop 6.0
• redhat enterprise linux desktop 7.0
• redhat enterprise linux server 6.0
• redhat enterprise linux server 7.0
• redhat enterprise linux server aus 7.6
• redhat enterprise linux server aus 7.7
• redhat enterprise linux server eus 7.6
• redhat enterprise linux server eus 7.7
• redhat enterprise linux server tus 7.6
• redhat enterprise linux server tus 7.7
• redhat enterprise linux workstation 6.0
• redhat enterprise linux workstation 7.0
• canonical ubuntu linux 14.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 16.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 17.10
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read weakness
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/01/15/2 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102518 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0816 Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1104 Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2162 Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2018-01/msg02597.html Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3575-1/ Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4213 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/01/15/2 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102518 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0816 Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1104 Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2162 Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2018-01/msg02597.html Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3575-1/ Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4213 Third Party Advisory