The load_multiboot function in hw/i386/multiboot.c in Quick Emulator (aka QEMU) allows local guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the QEMU host via a mh_load_end_addr value greater than mh_bss_end_addr, which triggers an out-of-bounds read or write memory access.

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T06:31:04.536Z

Reserved: 2018-02-27T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-7550

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-03-01T17:29:00.523

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:12:20.860

Link: CVE-2018-7550

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2018-02-27T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2018-7550 - Bugzilla

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