CVE-2018-5683

CVE Details

Release Date:2018-01-23
Impact:Low What is this?

Description


The vga_draw_text function in Qemu allows local OS guest privileged users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and QEMU process crash) by leveraging improper memory address validation.

See more information about CVE-2018-5683 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD


NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.


CVSS v3 metrics

Base Score: 6.0
Vector String: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Version: 3.0
Attack Vector: Local
Attack Complexity: Low
Privileges Required: High
User Interaction: None
Scope: Changed
Confidentiality Impact: None
Integrity Impact: None
Availability Impact: High

Errata information


PlatformErrataRelease Date
Oracle Linux version 6 (qemu-kvm)ELSA-2018-21622018-07-10
Oracle Linux version 7 (qemu)ELSA-2018-42852018-11-20
Oracle Linux version 7 (qemu)ELSA-2018-42892018-11-28
Oracle Linux version 7 (qemu)ELSA-2019-45852019-03-15
Oracle Linux version 7 (qemu-kvm)ELSA-2018-08162018-04-16
Oracle VM version 3.4 (qemu-kvm)OVMSA-2018-02382018-07-10


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