CVE-2017-2615 MEDIUM

CVE-2017-2615

Vendor Qemu
Product display
Weakness CWE-787
Published July 2, 2018
Last update August 5, 2024

CVSS base score

5.5/10
Attack vector Adjacent
Attack complexity High
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Low

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Quick emulator (QEMU) built with the Cirrus CLGD 54xx VGA emulator support is vulnerable to an out-of-bounds access issue. It could occur while copying VGA data via bitblt copy in backward mode. A privileged user inside a guest could use this flaw to crash the QEMU process resulting in DoS or potentially execute arbitrary code on the host with privileges of QEMU process on the host.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

July 2, 2018 CVE published
August 5, 2024 Record updated