9.8
CRITICAL
CVE-2018-17963
Qemu Network Buffer Overflow Denial of Service
Description

qemu_deliver_packet_iov in net/net.c in Qemu accepts packet sizes greater than INT_MAX, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact.

INFO

Published Date :

Oct. 9, 2018, 10:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Aug. 4, 2021, 5:14 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2018-17963 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Redhat openstack
2 Redhat virtualization
3 Redhat virtualization_manager
1 Canonical ubuntu_linux
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Qemu qemu
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2018-17963.

URL Resource
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/10/08/1 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2166 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2425 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2553 Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2018-09/msg03267.html Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2018-11/msg06054.html Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3826-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4338 Third Party Advisory

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2018-17963 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 04, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:13.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CVSS V3 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2166 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2166 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2425 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2425 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2553 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2553 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html Third Party Advisory https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2018-11/msg06054.html No Types Assigned https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2018-11/msg06054.html Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 3.0.0 *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:3.1.0:rc0:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:3.1.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:3.1.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:3.1.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:13.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:virtualization:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:virtualization_manager:4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 27, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2018-11/msg06054.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 22, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2553 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 09, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2425 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 06, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2166 [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 21, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/3826-1/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/3826-1/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:2.12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 01, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 27, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3826-1/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 24, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4338 No Types Assigned https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4338 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/10/08/1 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/10/08/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2018-09/msg03267.html No Types Assigned https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2018-09/msg03267.html Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-190
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:2.12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 12, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4338 [No Types Assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2018-17963 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2018-17963 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.63 }} -0.17%

score

0.79188

percentile

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