CVE-2018-18438
Qemu has integer overflows because IOReadHandler and its associated functions use a signed integer data type for a size value.
02 Description
Qemu has integer overflows because IOReadHandler and its associated functions use a signed integer data type for a size value.
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
- 0.44% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 38.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 5.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
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
- 2018-10-19 22:00Z8 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 11:08Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2018-10-17
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-190Integer Overflow or WraparoundBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 97291a5f8903c064650445484d7bbf03ab94c56cbdd37f8dc08c0241ca939f0d
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com105953http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105953
- lists.gnu.org[qemu-devel] 20181012 [PATCH v2 07/11] chardev: Let IOReadHandler use unsigned typehttps://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2018-10/msg02402.html
- lists.gnu.org[qemu-devel] 20181012 [PATCH v2 00/11] chardev: Convert IO handlers to use unsigned typehttps://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2018-10/msg02396.html
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20181017 CVE-2018-18438 Qemu: Integer overflow in ccid_card_vscard_read() allows memory corruptionhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/10/17/3
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- qemu Fixed in 1:3.1+dfsg-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- qemu Fixed in 1:3.1+dfsg-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- qemu Fixed in 1:3.1+dfsg-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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