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CVE-2018-17160

CRITICAL

10.0

CVSS Severity Score

EPSS Score0.1510%

EPSS Percentile21.19th

PublishedDec 4, 2018

Last ModifiedNov 21, 2024

Vulnerability Description

In FreeBSD before 11.2-STABLE(r341486) and 11.2-RELEASE-p6, insufficient bounds checking in one of the device models provided by bhyve can permit a guest operating system to overwrite memory in the bhyve host possibly permitting arbitrary code execution. A guest OS using a firmware image can cause the bhyve process to crash, or possibly execute arbitrary code on the host as root.

Affected Platforms (CPE)

💻

Freebsd

Freebsd

< 11.2

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Freebsd

Freebsd

= 11.2

References & Advisories

🔗 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106210

🔗 https://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-18:14.bhyve.asc

🔗 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106210

🔗 https://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-18:14.bhyve.asc

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