Improper Input Validation Affecting qemu-guest-agent package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.74% (89th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL6-QEMUGUESTAGENT-1337166
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed27 Oct 2014

Introduced: 27 Oct 2014

CVE-2014-7815  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:6 qemu-guest-agent.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream qemu-guest-agent package and not the qemu-guest-agent package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

The set_pixel_format function in ui/vnc.c in QEMU allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a small bytes_per_pixel value.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1