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CVE-2018-5683 Details

Description

The vga_draw_text function in Qemu allows local OS guest privileged users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and QEMU process crash) by leveraging improper memory address validation.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:6 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0816 CVEThird Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1104 CVEThird Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2162 CVEThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html CVEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2018-01/msg02597.html CVEExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-125Out-of-bounds Read[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2018-5683
NVD Published Date:
Jan 23, 2018
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2018-5683 Details - Not Deferred