CVE-2018-16847
Estado: ModificadaAlta (7.8)—
An OOB heap buffer r/w access issue was found in the NVM Express Controller emulation in QEMU. It could occur in nvme_cmb_ops routines in nvme device. A guest user/process could use this flaw to crash the QEMU process resulting in DoS or potentially run arbitrary code with privileges of the QEMU process.
CVSS
- Versión: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Puntuación base: 7.8
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.54%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 44
- Fecha de la puntuación: 7/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (2)
CWE
- CWE-787
- CWE-125, CWE-787
Referencias
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105866
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16847
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2018-11/msg00200.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3826-1/
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/11/02/1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105866
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16847
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2018-11/msg00200.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3826-1/
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/11/02/1
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