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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2015-5225: QEMU: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2015-5225: QEMU: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
11/06/2015
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
02/14/2023

Description

Buffer overflow in the vnc_refresh_server_surface function in the VNC display driver in QEMU before 2.4.0.1 allows guest users to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption and process crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code on the host via unspecified vectors, related to refreshing the server display surface.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-app-emulation-qemu

References

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