CVE-2018-17160

CVSS V2 High 10 CVSS V3 Critical 10
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2018-17160
  • Assigner
  • secteam@freebsd.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2018-12-04T21:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2020-08-24T17:37:01
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-787 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/787.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 11.2
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:11.2:p5:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 10
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 10
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • CHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 10
  • Base Severity
  • CRITICAL
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-18:14.bhyve.asc Mitigation Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106210 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-17160
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-17160
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 16:30:18 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 15:00:41 2018-12-04T21:29Z 2018-12-04T21:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 15:00:41 2020-08-24T17:37:01 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 15:00:41 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated