Out-of-bounds Write Affecting qemu-project/qemu package, versions [,2.11.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (31st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-QEMUPROJECTQEMU-3007118
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed16 Oct 2017
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 16 Oct 2017

CVE-2017-15289  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade qemu-project/qemu to version 2.11.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Write. The mode4and5 write functions in hw/display/cirrus_vga.c in Qemu allow local OS guest privileged users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write access and Qemu process crash) via vectors related to dst calculation.

CVSS Scores

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