CVE-2018-20815

critical

Description

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://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4506

https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/41

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RVDHJB2QKXNDU7OFXIHIL5O5VN5QCSZL/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BOE3PVFPMWMXV3DGP2R3XIHAF2ZQU3FS/

https://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=da885fe1ee8b4589047484bd7fa05a4905b52b17

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2553

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2507

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1968

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1881

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1743

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1723

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1667

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2019-05-31

Updated: 2023-11-07

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical