Buffer Overflow Affecting qemu-img package, versions <10:1.5.3-141.el7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.24% (63rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-QEMUIMG-4701136
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed1 Dec 2016

Introduced: 1 Dec 2016

CVE-2017-2633  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-120  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 qemu-img to version 10:1.5.3-141.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2017:1856.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream qemu-img package and not the qemu-img package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

An out-of-bounds memory access issue was found in Quick Emulator (QEMU) before 1.7.2 in the VNC display driver. This flaw could occur while refreshing the VNC display surface area in the 'vnc_refresh_server_surface'. A user inside a guest could use this flaw to crash the QEMU process.