CVE-2018-20815 (GCVE-0-2018-20815)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-05-31 21:40 – Updated: 2024-08-05 12:12
VLAI
Summary
In QEMU 3.1.0, load_device_tree in device_tree.c calls the deprecated load_image function, which has a buffer overflow risk.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1743 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
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https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/41 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
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