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Debian: CVE-2017-14167: qemu, qemu-kvm -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2017-14167: qemu, qemu-kvm -- security update

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
09/08/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/05/2017
Modified
02/24/2020

Description

Integer overflow in the load_multiboot function in hw/i386/multiboot.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the host via crafted multiboot header address values, which trigger an out-of-bounds write.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-qemu
  • debian-upgrade-qemu-kvm

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