Is CVE-2018-17962 actively exploited?

CVE-2018-17962 has no public evidence of in-the-wild exploitation as of 2024-11-21.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2018-17962?

CVE-2018-17962 has a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH severity). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

How do I patch CVE-2018-17962?

Patch guidance is available from qemu security advisories. CVEDatabase generates AI-assisted remediation guidance on demand for CVE-2018-17962.

Fix CVE-2018-17962 - HIGH qemu qemu

Q: Which products are affected by CVE-2018-17962?

15 products: qemu qemu, qemu qemu, qemu qemu, canonical ubuntu linux, canonical ubuntu linux, and 10 more.

Description

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

CVSS Metrics

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector: network
Complexity: low
Privileges: none
User Action: none
Scope: unchanged
Confidentiality: none
Integrity: none
Availability: high
Weaknesses: CWE-119 · Memory Buffer Errors CWE-190 · Integer Overflow

Metadata

Primary Vendor: QEMU
Published: 10/9/2018
Last Modified: 11/21/2024
Source: NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

Affected Products

qemu : qemuqemu : qemuqemu : qemucanonical : ubuntu_linuxcanonical : ubuntu_linuxcanonical : ubuntu_linuxcanonical : ubuntu_linuxdebian : debian_linuxdebian : debian_linuxoracle : linuxredhat : linuxsuse : linux_enterprise_serversuse : linux_enterprise_serversuse : linux_enterprise_serversuse : linux_enterprise_server

Remediation Guidance

Executive Summary

View on NIST NVD