CVE-2017-5931
high
CVSS v3
8.8
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
8.8
Description
Integer overflow in hw/virtio/virtio-crypto.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service (QEMU process crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code on the host via a crafted virtio-crypto request, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
82%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 1:2.8+dfsg-3 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 1:2.8+dfsg-3 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 1:2.8+dfsg-3 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 1:2.8+dfsg-3 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 1:2.8+dfsg-3 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| qemu | qemu | {"endIncluding":"2.8.1.1"} | |
References
- http://git.qemu-project.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a08aaff811fb194950f79711d2afe5a892ae03a4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/08/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96141
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1420092
- https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-01/msg01368.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-28
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-5931
CWEs
CWE-190
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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