Out-of-bounds Read Affecting qemu-project/qemu package, versions [,2.12.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (30th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-QEMUPROJECTQEMU-3006948
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed12 Mar 2018
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 12 Mar 2018

CVE-2018-7858  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade qemu-project/qemu to version 2.12.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Read. Quick Emulator (aka QEMU), when built with the Cirrus CLGD 54xx VGA Emulator support, allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds access and QEMU process crash) by leveraging incorrect region calculation when updating VGA display.

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