High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Nov 2, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-16847
CVE-2018-16847
Description
An OOB heap buffer r/w access issue was found in the NVM Express Controller emulation in QEMU. It could occur in nvme_cmb_ops routines in nvme device. A guest user/process could use this flaw to crash the QEMU process resulting in DoS or potentially run arbitrary code with privileges of the QEMU process.
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Affected products
14cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*+ 3 more
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- osv-coords5 versionspkg:rpm/suse/qemu&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/qemu&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015pkg:rpm/suse/qemu&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Server%20Applications%2015pkg:rpm/suse/qemu&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/qemu&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP4
< 2.11.2-5.5.1+ 4 more
- (no CPE)range: < 2.11.2-5.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.11.2-9.12.2
- (no CPE)range: < 2.11.2-9.12.2
- (no CPE)range: < 2.11.2-5.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.11.2-5.5.1
Patches
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References
5- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2018-11/msg00200.htmlnvdMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/11/02/1nvdMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/105866nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- usn.ubuntu.com/3826-1/nvdThird Party Advisory
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