cve/2018/CVE-2018-7550.md

### [CVE-2018-7550](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-7550)
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### Description

The load_multiboot function in hw/i386/multiboot.c in Quick Emulator (aka QEMU) allows local guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the QEMU host via a mh_load_end_addr value greater than mh_bss_end_addr, which triggers an out-of-bounds read or write memory access.

### POC

#### Reference
- https://github.com/orangecertcc/security-research/security/advisories/GHSA-f49v-45qp-cv53
- https://github.com/orangecertcc/security-research/security/advisories/GHSA-f49v-45qp-cv53

#### Github
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