CVE-2018-5748

HIGH

libvirt - Denial of Service via Large QEMU Reply

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

qemu/qemu_monitor.c in libvirt allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large QEMU reply.

References (6)

Core 6
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1396
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4137
Patch, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2018-January/msg00527.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1929
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102825
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/03/msg00018.html

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0324
EPSS Percentile 86.7%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-400
Status published
Products (14)
debian/debian_linux 7.0
debian/debian_linux 8.0
debian/debian_linux 9.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_desktop 6.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_desktop 7.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_server 6.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_server 7.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_server_aus 7.6
redhat/enterprise_linux_server_eus 7.5
redhat/enterprise_linux_server_eus 7.6
... and 4 more
Published Jan 25, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026