CVE-2018-20124
hw/rdma/rdma_backend.c in QEMU allows guest OS users to trigger out-of-bounds access via a PvrdmaSqWqe ring element with a large num_sge value.
02 Description
hw/rdma/rdma_backend.c in QEMU allows guest OS users to trigger out-of-bounds access via a PvrdmaSqWqe ring element with a large num_sge 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
- 0.48% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 41.7% 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:3.1/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
- Moderate. 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
- 2018-12-20 22:00Z7 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 11:51Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2018-12-13
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- e9a9626db10558c94d9b82ad27e79ba1ba099237549216d094e47f81bcc5fc3f
05 Affected products
06 References
- lists.gnu.org[qemu-devel] 20181213 [PATCH v2 1/6] rdma: check num_sge does not exceed MAX_SGEhttps://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2018-12/msg02822.html
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20181218 CVE-2018-20124 QEMU: rdma: OOB access when building scatter-gather arrayhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/12/18/2
- www.securityfocus.com106290http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106290
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-3923-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/3923-1/
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- qemu Fixed in 1:4.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- qemu Fixed in 1:4.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- qemu Fixed in 1:4.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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