CVE-2018-17160

Published Dec 4, 2018 CVSS 3.0 · 10.0 Critical EPSS 3.3% KEV · Not listed
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.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-8935 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.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
freebsd
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2024, 10:39 AM
Reserved
Sep 18, 2018, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Dec 4, 2018, 9:29 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 1:45 AM