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

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Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN8-QEMU-428284
published27 Jun 2018
disclosed3 Jul 2018

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Introduced: 27 Jun 2018

CVE-2017-2615 (opens in a new tab) CWE-125 (opens in a new tab) CWE-787 (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.

Quick emulator (QEMU) built with the Cirrus CLGD 54xx VGA emulator support is vulnerable to an out-of-bounds access issue. It could occur while copying VGA data via bitblt copy in backward mode. A privileged user inside a guest could use this flaw to crash the QEMU process resulting in DoS or potentially execute arbitrary code on the host with privileges of QEMU process on the host.