CVE-2018-18849: qemu qemu – CVSS 5.5 · Watchpost

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CVE-2018-18849

MEDIUM 5.5CVE-2018-18849 · Published 21/03/2019 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2018-18849 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability affecting qemu (qemu).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.56%, higher than 46.7% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
qemu qemu	`= 3.0.0`	No fix yet

Description

In Qemu 3.0.0, lsi_do_msgin in hw/scsi/lsi53c895a.c allows out-of-bounds access by triggering an invalid msg_len value.

References

lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-12/msg00004.html · Third Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-12/msg00028.html · Third Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-12/msg00043.html · Third Party Advisory
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/11/01/1 · Mailing List
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00010.html
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LQIBTGNRDQEXGAAYHE4JIWFAYFNHZ6QP
lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2018-10/msg06401.html · Patch
seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/May/76
security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190411-0006 · Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com/3826-1 · Third Party Advisory
debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4454

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