Out-of-bounds Read Affecting qemu-project/qemu package, versions [,1.7.2)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.2% (58th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-QEMUPROJECTQEMU-3007219
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed27 Jul 2018
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 27 Jul 2018

CVE-2017-2633  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade qemu-project/qemu to version 1.7.2 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Read. 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.

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