CVE - CVE-2018-7550

CVE-ID
CVE-2018-7550	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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BID:103181 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103181 CONFIRM:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1549798 DEBIAN:DSA-4213 URL:https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4213 MISC:https://github.com/orangecertcc/security-research/security/advisories/GHSA-f49v-45qp-cv53 MLIST:[debian-lts-announce] 20180417 [SECURITY] [DLA 1350-1] qemu-kvm security update URL:https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00015.html MLIST:[debian-lts-announce] 20180417 [SECURITY] [DLA 1351-1] qemu security update URL:https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00016.html MLIST:[debian-lts-announce] 20180906 [SECURITY] [DLA 1497-1] qemu security update URL:https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html MLIST:[qemu-devel] 20180228 [PATCH] multiboot: check mh_load_end_addr address field URL:https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2018-02/msg06890.html REDHAT:RHSA-2018:1369 URL:https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1369 REDHAT:RHSA-2018:2462 URL:https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2462 UBUNTU:USN-3649-1 URL:https://usn.ubuntu.com/3649-1/
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20180227	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20180227)
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