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CVE-2018-17958

Published: Oct 9, 2018Updated: Apr 28, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-190
7.5HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
6.2%
Top 7.4%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

Qemu has a Buffer Overflow in rtl8139_do_receive in hw/net/rtl8139.c because an incorrect integer data type is used.

No summary for this CVE yet.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:NI:NA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-190

Affected Products

redhat
commercial·USaka red hat
virtualizationOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
virtualization managerOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
qemu
oss-project·US
qemuOn-prem
Cloud & SaaS / virtualization
Canonical Ltd.
commercial·GBaka canonical
UbuntuOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
debian
oss-project·GBaka debian gnu/linux
debian linuxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения
oss-projectaka fsf
Debian GNU/LinuxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
ООО «РусБИТех-Астра»
commercial·RUaka rusbitech-astra
Astra Linux Special EditionOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
Scannable·OpenVAS
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MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
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References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/10/08/1
openwall.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105556
securityfocus.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2425
access.redhat.com
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