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CVE-2018-10908
It was found that vdsm before version 4.20.37 invokes qemu-img on untrusted inputs without limiting resources. By uploading a specially…
Medium6.5EPSS 1.2%
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- Updated
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- Assigned by
- redhat
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhatCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium6.3 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.2% · top 32% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.5.
Weakness
Affected products
References (4)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10908 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHEA-2018:2624 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-block/2018-07/msg00488.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://gerrit.ovirt.org/#/c/93195/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
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- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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