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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2017-13672: Security patch for qemu-kvm (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Sep 1, 2017
Added
Apr 27, 2020
Modified
May 20, 2026

Description

QEMU (aka Quick Emulator), when built with the VGA display emulator support, allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and QEMU process crash) via vectors involving display update.

Solutions

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