VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2018-17962
Qemu has a Buffer Overflow in pcnet_receive in hw/net/pcnet.c because an incorrect integer data type is used.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 4.50%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (4.50%). 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 pcnet_receive in hw/net/pcnet.c because an incorrect integer data type is used.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 4.50% probability · 91th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119, CWE-190
- Affected
- qemu/qemu · canonical/ubuntu linux · debian/debian linux · oracle/linux · redhat/linux · suse/linux enterprise server
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 4.5% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. 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
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2892
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2018-09/msg03268.htmlExploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3826-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4338Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2018-17962Third Party Advisory
- https://linux.oracle.com/cve/CVE-2018-17962.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-17962/Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/10/08/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2892
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2018-09/msg03268.htmlExploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3826-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4338Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.