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Red Hat: CVE-2017-7980: Important: qemu-kvm security update (Multiple Advisories)

Name: Red Hat: CVE-2017-7980: Important: qemu-kvm security update (Multiple Advisories)
Creator: Red Hat
Published: 2017-05-02T00:00:00.000Z
Keywords: CVE, Red Hat, 2017, 7980, Important, redhat-upgrade-qemu-guest-agent, redhat-upgrade-qemu-img, redhat-upgrade-qemu-kvm, redhat-upgrade-qemu-kvm-common, redhat-upgrade-qemu-kvm-debuginfo, redhat-upgrade-qemu-kvm-tools, Severity 5

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Severity

CVSS

(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

Published

May 2, 2017

Added

May 9, 2017

Modified

Feb 19, 2026

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in Cirrus CLGD 54xx VGA Emulator in Quick Emulator (Qemu) 2.8 and earlier allows local guest OS users to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (crash) via vectors related to a VNC client updating its display after a VGA operation.

Solutions

redhat-upgrade-qemu-guest-agentredhat-upgrade-qemu-imgredhat-upgrade-qemu-kvmredhat-upgrade-qemu-kvm-commonredhat-upgrade-qemu-kvm-debuginforedhat-upgrade-qemu-kvm-tools

References

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