Out-of-Bounds Affecting qemu-project/qemu package, versions [,2.1.3)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.1% (43rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-QEMUPROJECTQEMU-3006916
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed8 Dec 2014
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 8 Dec 2014

CVE-2014-8106  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade qemu-project/qemu to version 2.1.3 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-Bounds. Heap-based buffer overflow in the Cirrus VGA emulator (hw/display/cirrus_vga.c) in QEMU before 2.2.0 allows local guest users to execute arbitrary code via vectors related to blit regions. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because an incomplete fix for CVE-2007-1320.

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