CVE-2018-20125

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: December 20, 2018 at 09:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:52 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsUbuntu LinuxQEMU

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%

Description

hw/rdma/vmw/pvrdma_cmd.c in QEMU allows attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference or excessive memory allocation) in create_cq_ring or create_qp_rings.

Affected

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

Remediation

No guide yet

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

References (4)

Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTPatchThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/12/19/3
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106298
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTPatchThird Party Advisory
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2018-12/msg02823.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3923-1/

CVSS

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

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-476

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