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TI-2018-11227 Aliases CVE-2018-15746GHSA-rp3q-x36m-62mp

qemu-seccomp.c in QEMU might allow local OS guest users to cause a denial of service…

Priority LOW 25Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 10 fixed, 3 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

qemu-seccomp.c in QEMU might allow local OS guest users to cause a denial of service (guest crash) by leveraging mishandling of the seccomp policy for threads other than the main thread.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.005 43rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Red Hat: 4 advisoriesRed Hat: 10 fixed, 3 without a fix

SSVC decision points

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

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 3.0.1VulnerableQEMU
  • cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 3.0.1 Vulnerable ·QEMU

Remediation

Red Hat 4 advisories

  • RHSA-2020:3906 Released 2020-09-29 · Red Hat rating Low
    qemu-kvm security, bug fix, and enhancement update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) qemu-img-10:1.5.3-175.el7, qemu-kvm-10:1.5.3-175.el7, qemu-kvm-common-10:1.5.3-175.el7 +1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) qemu-img-10:1.5.3-175.el7, qemu-kvm-10:1.5.3-175.el7, qemu-kvm-common-10:1.5.3-175.el7 +1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) qemu-img-10:1.5.3-175.el7, qemu-kvm-10:1.5.3-175.el7, qemu-kvm-common-10:1.5.3-175.el7 +1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) qemu-img-10:1.5.3-175.el7, qemu-kvm-10:1.5.3-175.el7, qemu-kvm-common-10:1.5.3-175.el7 +1
  • RHSA-2020:3907 Released 2020-09-29 · Red Hat rating Low
    qemu-kvm-ma security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) qemu-img-ma-10:2.12.0-48.el7, qemu-kvm-common-ma-10:2.12.0-48.el7, qemu-kvm-ma-10:2.12.0-48.el7 +1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) qemu-kvm-common-ma-10:2.12.0-48.el7, qemu-kvm-ma-10:2.12.0-48.el7, qemu-kvm-tools-ma-10:2.12.0-48.el7
  • RHSA-2020:3267 Released 2020-08-03 · Red Hat rating Low
    qemu-kvm-rhev security, bug fix, and enhancement update
    • RHV-M 4.3 qemu-img-rhev-10:2.12.0-48.el7, qemu-kvm-common-rhev-10:2.12.0-48.el7, qemu-kvm-rhev-10:2.12.0-48.el7 +1
    • Red Hat Virtualization 4 Management Agent for RHEL 7 Hosts qemu-img-rhev-10:2.12.0-48.el7, qemu-kvm-common-rhev-10:2.12.0-48.el7, qemu-kvm-rhev-10:2.12.0-48.el7 +1
Show 1 more Red Hat advisories
  • RHSA-2019:2425 Released 2019-08-09 · Red Hat rating Important
    qemu-kvm-rhev security and bug fix update
    • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10.0 qemu-img-rhev-10:2.12.0-33.el7, qemu-kvm-common-rhev-10:2.12.0-33.el7, qemu-kvm-rhev-10:2.12.0-33.el7 +1
    • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13.0 qemu-img-rhev-10:2.12.0-33.el7, qemu-kvm-common-rhev-10:2.12.0-33.el7, qemu-kvm-rhev-10:2.12.0-33.el7 +1
    • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 14.0 qemu-img-rhev-10:2.12.0-33.el7, qemu-kvm-common-rhev-10:2.12.0-33.el7, qemu-kvm-rhev-10:2.12.0-33.el7 +1

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 12 (Pike)AffectedNo fix yet
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8 (Liberty)AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9 (Mitaka)AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
RHV-M 4.3Fixed RHSA-2020:3267
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2020:3906
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2020:3906
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2020:3906, RHSA-2020:3907
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2020:3907
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2020:3906
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10.0Fixed RHSA-2019:2425
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13.0Fixed RHSA-2019:2425
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 14.0Fixed RHSA-2019:2425
Red Hat Virtualization 4 Management Agent for RHEL 7 HostsFixed RHSA-2020:3267
Not affected: 3 products
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-15746
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-rp3q-x36m-62mp

References

Patch 1

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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