CVE-2018-17160

Published: Dec 4, 2018Modified: Nov 21, 2024

10.0

Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 6.0

Source: NVD

Description

In FreeBSD before 11.2-STABLE(r341486) and 11.2-RELEASE-p6, insufficient bounds checking in one of the device models provided by bhyve can permit a guest operating system to overwrite memory in the bhyve host possibly permitting arbitrary code execution. A guest OS using a firmware image can cause the bhyve process to crash, or possibly execute arbitrary code on the host as root.

Affected (2)

Products: Freebsd: Freebsd

1 product

Configuration A

2 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Freebsd Freebsd	Before 11.2
Freebsd Freebsd	Version 11.2 p5

Related CWEs

Out-of-bounds Write

The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.

References (4)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106210

Source: secteam@freebsd.org

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

https://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-18:14.bhyve.asc

Source: secteam@freebsd.org

MitigationPatchVendor Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106210

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

https://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-18:14.bhyve.asc

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

MitigationPatchVendor Advisory

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