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CVE-2018-10908

MEDIUM
Published 2018-08-09T19:00:00
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CVSS Score

V3.0
6.5
/10
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

EPSS Score

v2025.03.14
0.003
probability
of exploitation in the wild

There is a 0.3% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-06-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.554
Higher than 55.4% of all CVEs

Attack Vector Metrics

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED

Impact Metrics

Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH

Description

It was found that vdsm before version 4.20.37 invokes qemu-img on untrusted inputs without limiting resources. By uploading a specially crafted image, an attacker could cause the qemu-img process to consume unbounded amounts of memory of CPU time, causing a denial of service condition that could potentially impact other users of the host.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

Related News

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Affected Products

[UNKNOWN]

vdsm

Affected Versions:

4.20.37

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

⚠ Unreviewed HIGH

GHSA-c34h-7mjf-54vf

Advisory Details

It was found that vdsm before version 4.20.37 invokes qemu-img on untrusted inputs without limiting resources. By uploading a specially crafted image, an attacker could cause the qemu-img process to consume unbounded amounts of memory of CPU time, causing a denial of service condition that could potentially impact other users of the host.

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

7.5

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-10908
WEB https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2018:2624
WEB https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10908
WEB https://gerrit.ovirt.org/#/c/93195
WEB http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-block/2018-07/msg00488.html

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: May 13, 2022, Modified: May 13, 2022

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10908
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2018:2624
http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-block/2018-07/msg00488.html
https://gerrit.ovirt.org/#/c/93195/
Published: 2018-08-09T19:00:00
Last Modified: 2024-08-05T07:54:35.199Z
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