CVE-2018-17160

10.0 criticalEPSS 3.3%

In FreeBSD before 11.2-STABLE(r341486) and 11.2-RELEASE-p6, insufficient bounds checking in one of the device models provided by bhyve can permit a guest operating system to overwrite memory in the bhyve host possibly permitting arbitrary code execution. A guest OS using a firmware image can cause the bhyve process to crash, or possibly execute arbitrary code on the host as root.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

10.0 critical

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 3.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 88% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-787
Published: 2018-12-04
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

freebsd:freebsd

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106210
https://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-18:14.bhyve.asc
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106210
https://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-18:14.bhyve.asc

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