Vulnerability Intelligence Report
CVE-2018-17958
Qemu has a Buffer Overflow in rtl8139_do_receive in hw/net/rtl8139.c because an incorrect integer data type is used.
No Active Exploit Signals
CVSS Base Score
7.5
HIGH
Exploitability:3.9
Impact Score:3.6
EPSS Probability:6.17%
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Attack Surface
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Weaponization
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SSVC Action
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Weaknesses (CWE)
CWE-190 ↗CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound
Affected Products & Versions
| Vendor | Product | Affected Versions |
|---|---|---|
| qemu | qemu | all |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 14.04, 16.04, 18.04, 18.10 |
| debian | debian_linux | 8.0, 9.0 |
| redhat | virtualization | 4.0 |
| redhat | enterprise_linux | 7.0 |
| redhat | virtualization_manager | 4.3 |
References & Technical Advisories
No reference links found.
Threat Intelligence Signals
EPSS Score
6.169%
GitHub Advisory
Identity & Timeline
| Status | PUBLISHED |
| Assigning Authority | MITRE Corporation · N/A · USA |
| Reserved | 2018-10-03T00:00:00 |
| Published | 2018-10-09T22:00:00 |
| Patch Date | 2018-09-26 |
| Last Updated | 2026-04-28T15:48:33 |
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