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Medium
CVE-2017-2633
An out-of-bounds memory access issue was found in Quick Emulator...
Vulnerability Description
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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/23/1
- https://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=bea60dd7679364493a0d7f5b54316c767cf894ef
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1206
- https://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=9f64916da20eea67121d544698676295bbb105a7
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2633
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1441
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96417
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1856
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1205
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Qemu:
Vulnerable Versions:
1.7.2
Timeline
Official Publish:
July 27th, 2018
Last Modified:
August 5th, 2024
Added to House:
July 20th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L