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Debian: CVE-2017-16845: qemu -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2017-16845: qemu -- security update

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P)
Published
11/17/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/31/2018
Modified
09/14/2020

Description

hw/input/ps2.c in Qemu does not validate 'rptr' and 'count' values during guest migration, leading to out-of-bounds access.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-qemu

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