Out-of-bounds read in QEMU - CVE-2017-16845

 

Out-of-bounds read in QEMU - CVE-2017-16845

Published: March 23, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU11233
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-16845
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition or execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The weakness exists due to out-of-bounds read. A remote attacker can cause the service to crash or execute arbitrary code.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.

Affected software

QEMU
Gentoo Linux
Debian Linux
SUSE Linux
Fedora
qemu

How to mitigate CVE-2017-16845

Update to version 2.11.1 or later.

qemu - addressed in versions 2.10.2-1.fc27, 2.11.2-2.fc28

External References

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