vulnerability
Debian: CVE-2016-7170: qemu, qemu-kvm -- security update
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Oct 11, 2016 | Mar 31, 2017 | Mar 30, 2026 |
Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Oct 11, 2016
Added
Mar 31, 2017
Modified
Mar 30, 2026
Description
The vmsvga_fifo_run function in hw/display/vmware_vga.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write and QEMU process crash) via vectors related to cursor.mask[] and cursor.image[] array sizes when processing a DEFINE_CURSOR svga command.
Solutions
debian-upgrade-qemudebian-upgrade-qemu-kvm
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