The Bluetooth subsystem in QEMU mishandles negative values for length variables, leading to memory corruption.
Priority LOW 27CWE-190Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Adjacent network
- 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 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-190 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
The Bluetooth subsystem in QEMU mishandles negative values for length variables, leading to memory corruption.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00935 61st 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
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
Not affected: 10 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
- 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
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-19665
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5qrx-9vpc-57pm
References
Sources
- CVE-2018-19665 · CVE Program
- CVE-2018-19665 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-5qrx-9vpc-57pm · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2018-19665 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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