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CVE-2018-12617
HIGH · CVSS 7.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2018-06-21T18:29:00.233 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:38:04.273

Summary

qmp_guest_file_read in qga/commands-posix.c and qga/commands-win32.c in qemu-ga (aka QEMU Guest Agent) in QEMU 2.12.50 has an integer overflow causing a g_malloc0() call to trigger a segmentation fault when trying to allocate a large memory chunk. The vulnerability can be exploited by sending a crafted QMP command (including guest-file-read with a large count value) to the agent via the listening socket.

Affected products

qemu — qemu

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References

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