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.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (6.29%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Qemu has a Buffer Overflow in rtl8139_do_receive in hw/net/rtl8139.c because an incorrect integer data type is used.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 6.29% probability · 94th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-190
- Affected
- qemu/qemu · canonical/ubuntu linux · debian/debian linux · redhat/virtualization · redhat/virtualization manager
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 6.3% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/10/08/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105556Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2425Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2553Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00023.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2018-09/msg03269.htmlMailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/May/76Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3826-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4454Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/10/08/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105556Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2425Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2553Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00023.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2018-09/msg03269.htmlMailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/May/76Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3826-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4454Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.