CVE-2017-2633

Qemu: VNC: memory corruption due to unchecked resolution limit

Published Jul 27, 2018 CVSS 3.0 · 5.4 Medium EPSS 3.1% KEV · Not listed
Description
An out-of-bounds memory access issue was found in Quick Emulator (QEMU) before 1.7.2 in the VNC display driver. This flaw could occur while refreshing the VNC display surface area in the 'vnc_refresh_server_surface'. A user inside a guest could use this flaw to crash the QEMU process.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-11794 An out-of-bounds memory access issue was found in Quick Emulator (QEMU) before 1.7.2 in the VNC display driver. This flaw could occur while refreshing the VNC display surface area in the 'vnc_refresh_server_surface'. A user inside a guest could use this flaw to crash the QEMU process.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3261-1 QEMU vulnerabilities
History

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Weaknesses
  • CWE-120

    Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

  • CWE-125

    Out-of-bounds Read

  • CWE-787

    Out-of-bounds Write

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2024, 2:02 PM
Reserved
Dec 1, 2016, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jul 27, 2018, 7:29 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 1:16 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Dec 1, 2016, 12:00 AM