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CVE-2018-20815
In QEMU 3.1.0, load_device_tree in device_tree.c calls the deprecated load_image function, which has a buffer overflow risk.
- 9.8CriticalCVSS base score
- 4.4%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 8.5% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
In QEMU 3.1.0, load_device_tree in device_tree.c calls the deprecated load_image function, which has a buffer overflow risk.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 2 months later
· 2 months later
Published
- 5 years later
· 5 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.4% · top 8.5% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
12
- https://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=da885fe1ee8b4589047484bd7fa05a4905b52b17 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- RHSA-2019:1667 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- FEDORA-2019-52a8f5468e (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2019-e9de40d53f (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- RHSA-2019:1723 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2019:1743 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2019:1881 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2019:1968 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2019:2507 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2019:2553 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 20190825 [SECURITY] [DSA 4506-1] qemu security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- DSA-4506 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2018-13357 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2018-20815)Record last updated .