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


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.07% (35th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-QEMUPROJECTQEMU-3007156
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed1 Sept 2017
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 1 Sep 2017

CVE-2017-13672  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (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 Read. QEMU (aka Quick Emulator), when built with the VGA display emulator support, allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and QEMU process crash) via vectors involving display update.

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