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.
The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.
The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.
| Link | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16847 | patch third party advisory issue tracking |
| https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/11/02/1 | patch mailing list third party advisory |
| https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2018-11/msg00200.html | patch mailing list third party advisory |
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/3826-1/ | third party advisory vendor advisory |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105866 | third party advisory vdb entry |