| Name | CVE-2018-18438 |
| Description | Qemu has integer overflows because IOReadHandler and its associated functions use a signed integer data type for a size value. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 911470 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| qemu (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 1:2.1+dfsg-12+deb8u23 | vulnerable |
| stretch (security) | 1:2.8+dfsg-6+deb9u17 | vulnerable |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 1:2.8+dfsg-6+deb9u19 | vulnerable |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 1:3.1+dfsg-8+deb10u12 | fixed |
| bullseye | 1:5.2+dfsg-11+deb11u3 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 1:5.2+dfsg-11+deb11u2 | fixed |
| bookworm | 1:7.2+dfsg-7+deb12u7 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 1:9.1.1+ds-5 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| qemu | source | wheezy | (unfixed) | end-of-life | | |
| qemu | source | (unstable) | 1:3.1+dfsg-1 | | | 911470 |
| qemu-kvm | source | wheezy | (unfixed) | end-of-life | | |
| qemu-kvm | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | | | |
Notes
[stretch] - qemu <ignored> (Minor issue, too intrusive to backport)
[jessie] - qemu <ignored> (Minor issue, too intrusive to backport)
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2018-10/msg02396.html
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2018-10/msg02402.html
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/10/17/3