VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2018-10908

CVSS score6.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability1.19%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2018-08-09
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

It was found that vdsm before version 4.20.37 invokes qemu-img on untrusted inputs without limiting resources. By uploading a specially crafted image, an attacker could cause the qemu-img process to consume unbounded amounts of memory of CPU time, causing a denial of service condition that could potentially impact other users of the host.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-20: Improper Input Validation
  • CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

Primary references