vulnerability
Oracle Linux: CVE-2018-12617: ELSA-2018-4262: qemu security update (IMPORTANT) (Multiple Advisories)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Jun 22, 2018 | Oct 30, 2018 | Dec 3, 2025 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Jun 22, 2018
Added
Oct 30, 2018
Modified
Dec 3, 2025
Description
qmp_guest_file_read in qga/commands-posix.c and qga/commands-win32.c in qemu-ga (aka QEMU Guest Agent) in QEMU 2.12.50 has an integer overflow causing a g_malloc0() call to trigger a segmentation fault when trying to allocate a large memory chunk. The vulnerability can be exploited by sending a crafted QMP command (including guest-file-read with a large count value) to the agent via the listening socket.
Solutions
oracle-linux-upgrade-ivshmem-toolsoracle-linux-upgrade-qemuoracle-linux-upgrade-qemu-block-glusteroracle-linux-upgrade-qemu-block-iscsioracle-linux-upgrade-qemu-block-rbdoracle-linux-upgrade-qemu-commonoracle-linux-upgrade-qemu-imgoracle-linux-upgrade-qemu-kvmoracle-linux-upgrade-qemu-kvm-coreoracle-linux-upgrade-qemu-system-aarch64oracle-linux-upgrade-qemu-system-aarch64-coreoracle-linux-upgrade-qemu-system-x86oracle-linux-upgrade-qemu-system-x86-core
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