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CVE-2018-20124
hw/rdma/rdma_backend.c in QEMU allows guest OS users to trigger out-of-bounds access via a PvrdmaSqWqe ring element with a large num_sge…
Medium5.5EPSS 0.49%
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Description
hw/rdma/rdma_backend.c in QEMU allows guest OS users to trigger out-of-bounds access via a PvrdmaSqWqe ring element with a large num_sge value.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.49% · top 58% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (4)
- [qemu-devel] 20181213 [PATCH v2 1/6] rdma: check num_sge does not exceed MAX_SGE (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20181218 CVE-2018-20124 QEMU: rdma: OOB access when building scatter-gather array (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 106290 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- USN-3923-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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