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01 Record

CVE-2017-15118

A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability was found in NBD server implementation in qemu before 2.11 allowing a client to request an export name of size up to 4096 bytes, which in fact should be

HighPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat
CNA base score8.3 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

02 Description

A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability was found in NBD server implementation in qemu before 2.11 allowing a client to request an export name of size up to 4096 bytes, which in fact should be

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision
Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability
11.93% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 95.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD analysis status
Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity
Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published
2018-07-27 21:00Z8 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-08-05 19:50Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2017-10-08
Assigning CNA
redhat
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
High (CVSS 8.3)
CNA CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
Weaknesses
  • CWE-121Stack-based Buffer OverflowVariant
  • CWE-787Out-of-bounds WriteBase
Data version
5.1
Document digest
50e67937921a1050150ed86adb1654eff73837d46f4abbc629ff4a346f4b1ca4

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
QEMUQemu2.11—

06 References

07 Fixed in

Debian 12

  • qemu
    Fixed in 1:2.11+dfsg-1

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Debian 13

  • qemu
    Fixed in 1:2.11+dfsg-1

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Debian 14

  • qemu
    Fixed in 1:2.11+dfsg-1

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

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