Out-of-Bounds Affecting qemu package, versions <1:2.1+dfsg-12+deb8u7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.14% (50th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN8-QEMU-427202
  • published27 Jun 2018
  • disclosed27 Jul 2018

Introduced: 27 Jun 2018

CVE-2016-9603  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:8 qemu to version 1:2.1+dfsg-12+deb8u7 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream qemu package and not the qemu package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

A heap buffer overflow flaw was found in QEMU's Cirrus CLGD 54xx VGA emulator's VNC display driver support before 2.9; the issue could occur when a VNC client attempted to update its display after a VGA operation is performed by a guest. A privileged user/process inside a guest could use this flaw to crash the QEMU process or, potentially, execute arbitrary code on the host with privileges of the QEMU process.