CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2018-20216

Unchecked Return Value

Published: Dec 20, 2018 | Modified: May 12, 2020
CVSS 3.x
7.5
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

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

Weakness

The product does not check the return value from a method or function, which can prevent it from detecting unexpected states and conditions.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Qemu Qemu * 3.1.0 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References