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CVE-2018-7550
HIGH · CVSS 8.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2018-03-01T17:29:00.523 · Last modified 2026-06-17T02:03:21.317

Summary

The load_multiboot function in hw/i386/multiboot.c in Quick Emulator (aka QEMU) allows local guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the QEMU host via a mh_load_end_addr value greater than mh_bss_end_addr, which triggers an out-of-bounds read or write memory access.

Affected products

qemu — qemu

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References

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