CVE-2018-20815

CRITICALNVD 9.89.8—Trending — 4 sources updated this week

9.8

In QEMU 3.1.0, load_device_tree in device_tree.c calls the deprecated load_image function, which has a buffer overflow risk.

CVSS v3: 9.8
EG Score: 9.8(medium)
EPSS: 87.8%
KEV: Not listed

Published

May 31, 2019

Last Modified

November 21, 2024

References (24)

cve@mitrehttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1667
cve@mitrehttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1723
cve@mitrehttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1743
cve@mitrehttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1881
cve@mitrehttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1968
cve@mitrehttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2507
cve@mitrehttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2553
cve@mitrehttps://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=da885fe1ee8b4589047484bd7fa05a4905b52b17
cve@mitrehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BOE3PVFPMWMXV3DGP2R3XIHAF2ZQU3FS/
cve@mitrehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RVDHJB2QKXNDU7OFXIHIL5O5VN5QCSZL/
cve@mitrehttps://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/41
cve@mitrehttps://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4506
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1667
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1723
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1743

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2018-20815(2)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(6)

Vendor / Ecosystem	Fixed in / Patch	Released	Source
ubuntu	qemu-utils (1:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.13) @ bionic	2026-05-27	ubuntu
redhat	qemu-kvm-rhev-10:2.12.0-33.el7	2019-08-22	redhat
redhat	qemu-kvm-rhev-10:2.12.0-18.el7_6.6	2019-08-15	redhat
redhat	qemu-kvm-rhev-10:2.12.0-18.el7_6.7	2019-07-30	redhat
redhat	qemu-kvm-ma-10:2.12.0-18.el7_6.4	2019-07-29	redhat
redhat	virt:rhel-8000020190510171727.55190bc5	2019-05-14	redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

CWE-119Buffer Operations Within Bounds (Buffer Overflow)

Additional Vendor Advisories

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Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 15× in last 7d / 15× in last 30d)

Every time one of our enrichment pipelines (NVD, MITRE cvelistV5, EPSS, CISA KEV, GHSA, OSV, vendor advisories) ran against this CVE. Most recent first.

2026-05-31 22:29 UTCepss_batch
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2026-05-27 18:57 UTCEG score recompute
2026-05-27 18:57 UTCVendor advisory
2026-05-27 18:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2018-20815?

CVE-2018-20815 is a critical vulnerability published on May 31, 2019. In QEMU 3.1.0, loaddevicetree in devicetree.c calls the deprecated loadimage function, which has a buffer overflow risk.

When was CVE-2018-20815 disclosed?

CVE-2018-20815 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on May 31, 2019, with the most recent update on November 21, 2024. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2018-20815 actively exploited?

CVE-2018-20815 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 87.8% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

What is the CVSS score of CVE-2018-20815?

CVE-2018-20815 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (NVD).

How do I remediate CVE-2018-20815?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2018-20815, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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