CVE-2018-10908CWE-20CWE-770

It was found that vdsm before version 4.20.37 invokes qemu-img on untrusted inputs without limiting resources

Medium · published August 9, 2018

CVSS v3.0
6.5
EPSS
1%
Percentile
67.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.0
6.5 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01185 · 67.6th percentile
Weaknesses
CWE-20 · Improper Input Validation; CWE-770 · Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
Published
2018-08-09T19:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 09 AUG 19:00Z
    It was found that vdsm before version 4.20.37 invokes qemu-img on untrusted inputs without limiting resources
    cvelistv5