Security readout for executives and security teams
This flaw affects QEMU's NBD server. A remote client could send an overly long export name and corrupt stack memory in the QEMU process. Business urgency is highest where QEMU NBD services are reachable by untrusted clients or exposed across networks. Likely exposure is limited to systems running affected QEMU versions with the NBD server enabled. Risk increases when NBD endpoints are network-reachable or accept untrusted clients. The provided data does not prove all QEMU deployments are affected. Treat as high priority for virtualization or backup environments using QEMU NBD. Patch exposed or untrusted-facing services first. Internal-only, disabled, or TLS-restricted deployments still need validation, but urgency depends on reachable attack surface. Mitigation focus: Apply vendor updates from QEMU, Red Hat, Ubuntu, or your distribution maintainer.; Upgrade affected QEMU deployments to a fixed version per vendor guidance.; Restrict NBD server access to trusted networks and clients..
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- High
- CVSS
- 8.3 (3.0)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
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CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L3.93.7Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
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8.3HighVector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-15118CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- RHSA-2018:1104CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-11/msg05045.htmlCVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
- USN-3575-1CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU
- 43194CVE reference · exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
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Stack-based Buffer Overflow
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