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CVE-2018-18954

Publication date 15 November 2018

Last updated 24 July 2024


Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

The pnv_lpc_do_eccb function in hw/ppc/pnv_lpc.c in Qemu before 3.1 allows out-of-bounds write or read access to PowerNV memory.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
qemu 18.10 cosmic
Fixed 1:2.12+dfsg-3ubuntu8.1
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 1:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.8
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected
qemu-kvm 18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release

Patch details

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Package Patch details
qemu

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.5 · Medium
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-3826-1
    • QEMU vulnerabilities
    • 26 November 2018

Other references