CVE-2017-2615
highpriority · track · 37EPSS 0.036 · 90 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–critical · 5.5–9.1
weaknesses
The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.
affected products (27)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- redhat enterprise linux server aus= 7.3nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- redhat enterprise linux server aus= 7.4nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- redhat enterprise linux server eus= 7.3nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- redhat enterprise linux server eus= 7.4nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- redhat enterprise linux server eus= 7.5nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- redhat enterprise linux workstation= 6.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- redhat enterprise linux workstation= 7.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
also known as (3)
Other names and identifiers for this entity.
sources
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references (78)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0309.htmlcnnvd
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0328.htmlcnnvd
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0329.htmlcnnvd
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0330.htmlcnnvd
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0331.htmlcnnvd
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0332.htmlcnnvd
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0333.htmlcnnvd
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0334.htmlcnnvd
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