CVE-2026-18204

Public on 2026-10-30
Modified on 2026-10-30
Description
An out-of-bounds read was found in the USB CCID smartcard reader device (hw/usb/dev-smartcard-reader.c) in QEMU. ccid_bulk_in_get() decremented the pending bulk-in slot count when a ring slot became active instead of when it was released, allowing a malicious guest to fill the bulk-in ring, partially read a slot, and then reuse the still-active slot with a shorter response. The resulting stale position exceeds the new buffer length, causing an unsigned-integer underflow in ccid_bulk_in_copy_to_guest() that reads past the response buffer and can disclose host process memory to the guest or crash the QEMU process. The flaw was introduced in QEMU 0.15.0 and fixed in 11.1.3 and 10.0.15.
Severity
Medium severity
Medium
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CVSS v3 Base Score
5.2
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 2023 python-qemu-qmp Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2027 Preview python-qemu-qmp Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2 - Core qemu Pending Fix
Amazon Linux 2023 qemu Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2027 Preview qemu Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2 - Core qemu-guest-agent Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2 - Core qemu-kvm Not Affected

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 5.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:L