CVE-2018-10908
MEDIUM
6.5
CVSS Score
Published: August 9, 2018 at 07:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:34 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsVirtualizationVdsm
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Severity
MEDIUM6.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
Description
It was found that vdsm before version 4.20.37 invokes qemu-img on untrusted inputs without limiting resources. By uploading a specially crafted image, an attacker could cause the qemu-img process to consume unbounded amounts of memory of CPU time, causing a denial of service condition that could potentially impact other users of the host.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (4)
x_refsource_MISCMailing ListVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-block/2018-07/msg00488.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2018:2624x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10908x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://gerrit.ovirt.org/#/c/93195/CVSS
6.5MEDIUMredhat
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20CWE-770
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