CVE-2017-2633 (GCVE-0-2017-2633)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-07-27 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 14:02
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Summary
An out-of-bounds memory access issue was found in Quick Emulator (QEMU) before 1.7.2 in the VNC display driver. This flaw could occur while refreshing the VNC display surface area in the 'vnc_refresh_server_surface'. A user inside a guest could use this flaw to crash the QEMU process.
Severity
5.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
QEMU Qemu: Affected: 1.7.2
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Date Public
2016-12-01 00:00
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