CVE-2017-15289
Moderate
CVE-2017-15289
The mode4and5 write functions in hw/display/cirrus_vga.c in Qemu allow local OS guest privileged users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write access and Qemu process crash) via vectors related to dst calculation.
Exploit probability
0.5%
Published
October 16, 2017
Required by
Not available
Last source change
July 8, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
130 explicit affected versions
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2017-15289
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The mode4and5 write functions in hw/display/cirrus_vga.c in Qemu allow local OS guest privileged users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write access and Qemu process crash) via vectors related to dst calculation.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/10/12/16
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101262
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3368
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3369
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3466
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3470
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3471
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3472
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3473
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3474
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0516
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1501290
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-10/msg02557.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3575-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4213