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TI-2017-11089 Aliases CVE-2017-15118GHSA-p8q8-xqgv-rwvr

Stack-based buffer overflow in Qemu

Priority MEDIUM 56CWE-121Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 6 fixed, 1 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-121 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability was found in NBD server implementation in qemu before 2.11 allowing a client to request an export name of size up to 4096 bytes, which in fact should be limited to 256 bytes, causing an out-of-bounds stack write in the qemu process. If NBD server requires TLS, the attacker cannot trigger the buffer overflow without first successfully negotiating TLS.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.11931 96th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 2 exploit referencesTagged by NVD and the CNA
Fix Partial Red Hat: 2 advisoriesRed Hat: 6 fixed, 1 without a fix

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
QEMUQemu2.11—No fix listedCNA
  • Qemu VendorQEMU Affected 2.11 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 5

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 2.11VulnerableQEMU
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*14.04VulnerableCanonical
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*16.04VulnerableCanonical
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*17.10VulnerableCanonical
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.0VulnerableRed Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 2.11 Vulnerable ·QEMU
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* Versions 14.04 Vulnerable ·Canonical
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* Versions 16.04 Vulnerable ·Canonical
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 17.10 Vulnerable ·Canonical
  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.0 Vulnerable ·Red Hat

Remediation

Red Hat 2 advisories

  • RHSA-2018:1113 Released 2018-04-11 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    qemu-kvm-rhev security and bug fix update
    • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10.0 qemu-img-rhev-10:2.10.0-21.el7, qemu-kvm-common-rhev-10:2.10.0-21.el7, qemu-kvm-rhev-10:2.10.0-21.el7 +1
    • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 11.0 qemu-img-rhev-10:2.10.0-21.el7, qemu-kvm-common-rhev-10:2.10.0-21.el7, qemu-kvm-rhev-10:2.10.0-21.el7 +1
    • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 12.0 qemu-img-rhev-10:2.10.0-21.el7, qemu-kvm-common-rhev-10:2.10.0-21.el7, qemu-kvm-rhev-10:2.10.0-21.el7 +1
    • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8.0 (Liberty) qemu-img-rhev-10:2.10.0-21.el7, qemu-kvm-common-rhev-10:2.10.0-21.el7, qemu-kvm-rhev-10:2.10.0-21.el7 +1
    • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9.0 qemu-img-rhev-10:2.10.0-21.el7, qemu-kvm-common-rhev-10:2.10.0-21.el7, qemu-kvm-rhev-10:2.10.0-21.el7 +1
  • RHSA-2018:1104 Released 2018-04-10 · Red Hat rating Important
    qemu-kvm-rhev security, bug fix, and enhancement update
    • Red Hat Virtualization 4 Management Agent for RHEL 7 Hosts qemu-img-rhev-10:2.10.0-21.el7, qemu-kvm-common-rhev-10:2.10.0-21.el7, qemu-kvm-rhev-10:2.10.0-21.el7 +1

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7AffectedNo fix yet
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10.0Fixed RHSA-2018:1113
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 11.0Fixed RHSA-2018:1113
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 12.0Fixed RHSA-2018:1113
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8.0 (Liberty)Fixed RHSA-2018:1113
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9.0Fixed RHSA-2018:1113
Red Hat Virtualization 4 Management Agent for RHEL 7 HostsFixed RHSA-2018:1104
Not affected: 6 products
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6 (Juno)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7 (Kilo)

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-15118
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-p8q8-xqgv-rwvr

References

Exploit 2

Patch 2

Advisory 2

  • TI-2024-16148 QEMU before 8.2.0 has an integer underflow, and resultant buffer overflow, via a TI… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2022-02736 Uncontrolled resource consumption in QEMU CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2023-02681 Qemu: 9pfs: improper access control on special files CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1
  • TI-2019-09678 The QMP migrate command in QEMU version 4.0.0 and earlier is vulnerable to OS command… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2024-03326 Qemu-kvm: net: assertion failure in update_sctp_checksum() CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5
  • TI-2023-22631 QEMU through 8.0.0 could trigger a division by zero in scsi_disk_reset in… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5
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Sources

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