Attacker Value
Unknown
(0 users assessed)
Exploitability
Unknown
(0 users assessed)
User Interaction
None
Privileges Required
Low
Attack Vector
Local
0

CVE-2018-7550

Disclosure Date: March 01, 2018
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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.

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CVSS V3 Severity and Metrics
Base Score:
8.8 High
Impact Score:
6
Exploitability Score:
2
Vector:
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector (AV):
Local
Attack Complexity (AC):
Low
Privileges Required (PR):
Low
User Interaction (UI):
None
Scope (S):
Changed
Confidentiality (C):
High
Integrity (I):
High
Availability (A):
High

General Information

Vendors

  • canonical,
  • debian,
  • qemu,
  • redhat

Products

  • debian linux 7.0,
  • debian linux 8.0,
  • debian linux 9.0,
  • enterprise linux desktop 7.0,
  • enterprise linux server 7.0,
  • enterprise linux server aus 7.6,
  • enterprise linux server aus 7.7,
  • enterprise linux server eus 7.5,
  • enterprise linux server eus 7.6,
  • enterprise linux server eus 7.7,
  • enterprise linux server tus 7.6,
  • enterprise linux server tus 7.7,
  • enterprise linux workstation 7.0,
  • qemu,
  • ubuntu linux 14.04,
  • ubuntu linux 16.04,
  • ubuntu linux 17.10,
  • ubuntu linux 18.04
Technical Analysis