Medium severity · published Jan 23, 2018
CVE-2017-18030
The cirrus_invalidate_region function in hw/display/cirrus_vga.c in Qemu allows local OS guest privileged users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds array access and QEMU…
4.4
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The cirrus_invalidate_region function in hw/display/cirrus_vga.c in Qemu allows local OS guest privileged users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds array access and QEMU process crash) via vectors related to negative pitch.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 34% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0 · source: NVD
QE
Qemu · Qemu
through 2.8.1.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18030
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-18030
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/01/15/3
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102520
git.qemu.org
https://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f153b563f8cf121aebf5a2fff5f0110faf58ccb3
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html
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