CVE-2018-12617

NameCVE-2018-12617
Descriptionqmp_guest_file_read in qga/commands-posix.c and qga/commands-win32.c in qemu-ga (aka QEMU Guest Agent) in QEMU 2.12.50 has an integer overflow causing a g_malloc0() call to trigger a segmentation fault when trying to allocate a large memory chunk. The vulnerability can be exploited by sending a crafted QMP command (including guest-file-read with a large count value) to the agent via the listening socket.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-1694-1, DSA-4454-1
Debian Bugs902725

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
qemu (PTS)bullseye1:5.2+dfsg-11+deb11u3fixed
bullseye (security)1:5.2+dfsg-11+deb11u2fixed
bookworm1:7.2+dfsg-7+deb12u7fixed
sid, trixie1:9.2.0+ds-2fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
qemusourcejessie1:2.1+dfsg-12+deb8u10DLA-1694-1
qemusourcestretch1:2.8+dfsg-6+deb9u6DSA-4454-1
qemusource(unstable)1:3.1+dfsg-1low902725

Notes

https://gist.github.com/fakhrizulkifli/c7740d28efa07dafee66d4da5d857ef6
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2018-06/msg03385.html
Fixed by: https://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=141b197408ab398c4f474ac1a728ab316e921f2b

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