vulnerability
Oracle Linux: CVE-2017-2615: ELSA-2017-0309: qemu-kvm security and bug fix update (IMPORTANT) (Multiple Advisories)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Jan 24, 2017 | Feb 24, 2017 | Dec 3, 2025 |
Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Jan 24, 2017
Added
Feb 24, 2017
Modified
Dec 3, 2025
Description
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.
Solutions
oracle-linux-upgrade-kmod-kvmoracle-linux-upgrade-kmod-kvm-debugoracle-linux-upgrade-kvmoracle-linux-upgrade-kvm-qemu-imgoracle-linux-upgrade-kvm-toolsoracle-linux-upgrade-qemu-guest-agentoracle-linux-upgrade-qemu-imgoracle-linux-upgrade-qemu-kvmoracle-linux-upgrade-qemu-kvm-commonoracle-linux-upgrade-qemu-kvm-tools
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