CVE-2018-17958

Description

Qemu has a Buffer Overflow in rtl8139_do_receive in hw/net/rtl8139.c because an incorrect integer data type is used.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 5.74% Top 15%
Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/10/08/1 third party advisory mailing list
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2018-09/msg03269.html mailing list third party advisory patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105556 vdb entry third party advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00023.html third party advisory mailing list
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3826-1/ third party advisory vendor advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4454 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/May/76 third party advisory mailing list
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2425 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2553 third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2018-17958?
CVE-2018-17958 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2018-17958?
To fix CVE-2018-17958, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2018-17958 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2018-17958 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~6% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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