CVE-2017-2620 MEDIUM

CVE-2017-2620

Vendor Qemu
Product Qemu:
Weakness CWE-787
Published July 27, 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) before 2.8 built with the Cirrus CLGD 54xx VGA Emulator support is vulnerable to an out-of-bounds access issue. The issue could occur while copying VGA data in cirrus_bitblt_cputovideo. A privileged user inside guest could use this flaw to crash the QEMU process OR potentially execute arbitrary code on host with privileges of the QEMU process.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

July 27, 2018 CVE published
August 5, 2024 Record updated