CVE-2018-20815
In QEMU 3.1.0, load_device_tree in device_tree.c calls the deprecated load_image function, which has a buffer overflow risk.
02 Description
In QEMU 3.1.0, load_device_tree in device_tree.c calls the deprecated load_image function, which has a buffer overflow risk.
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
- 4.42% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 90.9% 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
- 2019-05-31 21:40Z7 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 12:12Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2019-03-26
- 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
- 04741d621fefc1d8f3e5e1130204e725b82c071c15f9101029d97a142dd2be6f
05 Affected products
06 References
- git.qemu.orghttps://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=da885fe1ee8b4589047484bd7fa05a4905b52b17
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2019:1667https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1667
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2019-52a8f5468ehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RVDHJB2QKXNDU7OFXIHIL5O5VN5QCSZL/
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2019-e9de40d53fhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BOE3PVFPMWMXV3DGP2R3XIHAF2ZQU3FS/
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2019:1723https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1723
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2019:1743https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1743
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2019:1881https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1881
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2019:1968https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1968
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2019:2507https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2507
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2019:2553https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2553
- seclists.org20190825 [SECURITY] [DSA 4506-1] qemu security updatehttps://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/41
- www.debian.orgDSA-4506https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4506
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- qemu Fixed in 1:3.1+dfsg-7
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-7
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-7
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- qemu Fixed in 2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.46
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- qemu Fixed in 1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.38
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- qemu Fixed in 1:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.13
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.