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CVE-2017-7980

Published: 21 April 2017

Heap-based buffer overflow in Cirrus CLGD 54xx VGA Emulator in Quick Emulator (Qemu) 2.8 and earlier allows local guest OS users to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (crash) via vectors related to a VNC client updating its display after a VGA operation.

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
qemu
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful
Released (1:2.8+dfsg-3ubuntu3)
bionic
Released (1:2.8+dfsg-3ubuntu3)
cosmic
Released (1:2.8+dfsg-3ubuntu3)
disco
Released (1:2.8+dfsg-3ubuntu3)
eoan
Released (1:2.8+dfsg-3ubuntu3)
focal
Released (1:2.8+dfsg-3ubuntu3)
groovy
Released (1:2.8+dfsg-3ubuntu3)
hirsute
Released (1:2.8+dfsg-3ubuntu3)
precise Does not exist

trusty
Released (2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.34)
upstream Needs triage

xenial
Released (1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.14)
yakkety
Released (1:2.6.1+dfsg-0ubuntu5.5)
zesty
Released (1:2.8+dfsg-3ubuntu2.2)
Patches:
upstream: http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=026aeffcb4752054830ba203020ed6eb05bcaba8
upstream: http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=ffaf857778286ca54e3804432a2369a279e73aa7
upstream: http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=f019722cbbb45aea153294fc8921fcc96a4d3fa2
qemu-kvm
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Does not exist

bionic Does not exist

cosmic Does not exist

disco Does not exist

eoan Does not exist

focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

hirsute Does not exist

precise Ignored
(end of life)
trusty Does not exist

upstream Needs triage

xenial Does not exist

yakkety Does not exist

zesty Does not exist

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.8
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H