SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2017-2620

Quick emulator (QEMU) before 2.8 built with the Cirrus CLGD 54xx VGA Emulator support is vulnerable to an out-of-bounds access issue.

CRITICAL 9.9EPSS 3.56%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.56%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

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.

CVSS 3.0
9.9 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
3.56% probability · 89th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-787, CWE-125
Affected
qemu/qemu · citrix/xenserver · redhat/openstack · debian/debian linux · redhat/enterprise linux desktop · redhat/enterprise linux server · redhat/enterprise linux server aus · redhat/enterprise linux server eus · redhat/enterprise linux workstation · xen/xen
Source
secalert@redhat.com

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.