Out-of-bounds write in QEMU - CVE-2017-15289

 

Out-of-bounds write in QEMU - CVE-2017-15289

Published: April 12, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU11790
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-15289
CWE-ID: CWE-787
Exploitation vector: Adjecent network
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: QEMU
Affected software:
QEMU

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows an adjacent authenticated attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The weakness exists in the mode4and5 write functions in hw/display/cirrus_vga.c due to out-of-bounds write. An adjacent attacker can trigger memory corruption and cause the service to crash via vectors related to dst calculation.

How to mitigate CVE-2017-15289

Install update from vendor's website.

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