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TI-2018-13038 Aliases CVE-2018-18438GHSA-5g5x-38wg-3rxr

Qemu has integer overflows because IOReadHandler and its associated functions use a…

Priority LOW 25CWE-190Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-190 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

Qemu has integer overflows because IOReadHandler and its associated functions use a signed integer data type for a size value.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00443 38th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

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 · 8

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*not specified by NVDVulnerableQEMU
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.0VulnerableRed Hat
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.0VulnerableRed Hat
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*8VulnerableRed Hat
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*9VulnerableRed Hat
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*10VulnerableRed Hat
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*12VulnerableRed Hat
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*13VulnerableRed Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Vulnerable ·QEMU
  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.0 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.0 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 9 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 12 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 13 Vulnerable ·Red Hat

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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Not affected: 9 products
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 (Newton)
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 12 (Pike)
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13 (Queens)
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 14 (Rocky)
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8 (Liberty)
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9 (Mitaka)

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-18438
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5g5x-38wg-3rxr

References

Patch 2

Advisory 1

Sources

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