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Unscored CVE-2018-17160 EUVD-2018-8935GHSA-83xj-2vf9-49hq

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 …

Published Dec 4, 2018 · Updated Aug 5, 2024 · Assigned by freebsd

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 products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
FreeBSD FreeBSD FreeBSD 11.2 before 11.2-RELEASE-p6 —

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