CVE-2018-15746

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: August 29, 2018 at 07:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:43 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorQEMU

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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%

Description

qemu-seccomp.c in QEMU might allow local OS guest users to cause a denial of service (guest crash) by leveraging mishandling of the seccomp policy for threads other than the main thread.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v ≤ 3.0.1

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (3)

Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/08/28/6
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2425
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTPatchThird Party Advisory
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2018-08/msg04892.html

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
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