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CVE-2018-20216

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2018-12-20 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-252

Description

QEMU can have an infinite loop in hw/rdma/vmw/pvrdma_dev_ring.c because return values are not checked (and -1 is mishandled).

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 14.04, 16.04, 18.04, 18.10
• QEMU: through 3.1.0

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/12/19/2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106291
• https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2018-12/msg03052.html
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3923-1/
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/12/19/2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106291
• https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2018-12/msg03052.html
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3923-1/

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