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CVE-2017-13672 json

QEMU (aka Quick Emulator), when built with the VGA display emulator support, allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of se…

published 9y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2017-5189

cvss
5.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.0%
EPSS 1.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 61%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

QEMU (aka Quick Emulator), when built with the VGA display emulator support, allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and QEMU process crash) via vectors involving display update.

Patch / fix

  • qemu Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1:2.10.0-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-13672

  • qemu-kvm RHEL 6 2:0.12.1.2-2.506.el6_10.1
  • qemu-img RHEL 6 2:0.12.1.2-2.506.el6_10.1
  • qemu-kvm-tools RHEL 6 2:0.12.1.2-2.506.el6_10.1
  • qemu-guest-agent RHEL 6 2:0.12.1.2-2.506.el6_10.1
  • qemu-kvm-rhev RHEL 7, openstack 12, openstack 11 +3 more 10:2.10.0-21.el7
  • qemu-img-rhev RHEL 7, openstack 12, openstack 11 +3 more 10:2.10.0-21.el7
  • qemu-kvm-tools-rhev RHEL 7, openstack 12, openstack 11 +3 more 10:2.10.0-21.el7
  • qemu-kvm-common-rhev RHEL 7, openstack 12, openstack 11 +3 more 10:2.10.0-21.el7

red hat advisories RHSA-2018:2162RHSA-2018:1113RHSA-2018:1104RHSA-2018:0816

  • qemu SLES for SAP 12 SP3, SLES 12 SP3, SLED 12 SP3 2.9.1-6.28.1
  • qemu SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES 12 SP2-LTSS, SLES 12 SP2-BCL +2 more 2.6.2-41.49.1
  • xen SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP4, SLE Software Development Kit 11 SP4 4.4.4_38-61.40.1
  • xen SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP4, SLE Software Development Kit 11 SP4 4.4.4_26-61.17.1
  • xen SLES for SAP 12 SP1, SLES 12 SP1-LTSS, OpenStack Cloud 6 4.5.5_20-22.36.3
  • kvm SLES 11 SP3-TERADATA, SLES 11 SP3-LTSS, SLE Point of Sale 11 SP3 1.4.2-53.11.1
  • kvm SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP4 1.4.2-60.3.1
  • qemu SLES for SAP 12 SP1, SLES 12 SP1-LTSS, OpenStack Cloud 6 2.3.1-33.3.3

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2019:0827-1SUSE-SU-2019:0825-1SUSE-SU-2019:0582-1SUSE-SU-2019:0489-1SUSE-SU-2019:13921-1SUSE-SU-2017:3242-1

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Vendor advisories

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red hat product security vex CVE-2017-13672 updated cvss 3.0

QEMU: vga: OOB read access during display update

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 kvm, xen
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 qemu-kvm-rhev Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 qemu-kvm-rhev
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6 (Juno) qemu-kvm-rhev Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7 (Kilo) qemu-img-rhev, qemu-kvm-rhev, libcacard-rhev, qemu-kvm-tools-rhev, libcacard-devel-rhev, libcacard-tools-rhev, +1 more
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) qemu-img 1.5.3-156.el7, qemu-kvm 1.5.3-156.el7, qemu-kvm-tools 1.5.3-156.el7, qemu-kvm-common 1.5.3-156.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) qemu-img 1.5.3-156.el7, qemu-kvm 1.5.3-156.el7, qemu-kvm-tools 1.5.3-156.el7, qemu-kvm-common 1.5.3-156.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:0816
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) qemu-img 0.12.1.2-2.506.el6_10.1, qemu-kvm 0.12.1.2-2.506.el6_10.1, qemu-kvm-tools 0.12.1.2-2.506.el6_10.1, qemu-guest-agent 0.12.1.2-2.506.el6_10.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) qemu-img 0.12.1.2-2.506.el6_10.1, qemu-kvm 0.12.1.2-2.506.el6_10.1, qemu-kvm-tools 0.12.1.2-2.506.el6_10.1, qemu-guest-agent 0.12.1.2-2.506.el6_10.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) qemu-img 0.12.1.2-2.506.el6_10.1, qemu-kvm 0.12.1.2-2.506.el6_10.1, qemu-kvm-tools 0.12.1.2-2.506.el6_10.1, qemu-guest-agent 0.12.1.2-2.506.el6_10.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:2162
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) qemu-img 1.5.3-156.el7, qemu-kvm 1.5.3-156.el7, qemu-kvm-tools 1.5.3-156.el7, qemu-kvm-common 1.5.3-156.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:0816
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) qemu-img 0.12.1.2-2.506.el6_10.1, qemu-kvm 0.12.1.2-2.506.el6_10.1, qemu-kvm-tools 0.12.1.2-2.506.el6_10.1, qemu-guest-agent 0.12.1.2-2.506.el6_10.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:2162
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) qemu-img 1.5.3-156.el7, qemu-kvm 1.5.3-156.el7, qemu-kvm-tools 1.5.3-156.el7, qemu-kvm-common 1.5.3-156.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:0816
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  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8.0 (Liberty) qemu-img-rhev 2.10.0-21.el7, qemu-kvm-rhev 2.10.0-21.el7, qemu-kvm-tools-rhev 2.10.0-21.el7, qemu-kvm-common-rhev 2.10.0-21.el7 Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9.0 qemu-img-rhev 2.10.0-21.el7, qemu-kvm-rhev 2.10.0-21.el7, qemu-kvm-tools-rhev 2.10.0-21.el7, qemu-kvm-common-rhev 2.10.0-21.el7 Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10.0 qemu-img-rhev 2.10.0-21.el7, qemu-kvm-rhev 2.10.0-21.el7, qemu-kvm-tools-rhev 2.10.0-21.el7, qemu-kvm-common-rhev 2.10.0-21.el7 Red Hat OpenStack Platform 11.0 qemu-img-rhev 2.10.0-21.el7, qemu-kvm-rhev 2.10.0-21.el7, qemu-kvm-tools-rhev 2.10.0-21.el7, qemu-kvm-common-rhev 2.10.0-21.el7 Red Hat OpenStack Platform 12.0 qemu-img-rhev 2.10.0-21.el7, qemu-kvm-rhev 2.10.0-21.el7, qemu-kvm-tools-rhev 2.10.0-21.el7, qemu-kvm-common-rhev 2.10.0-21.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:1113
  • Red Hat Virtualization 4 Management Agent for RHEL 7 Hosts qemu-img-rhev 2.10.0-21.el7, qemu-kvm-rhev 2.10.0-21.el7, qemu-kvm-tools-rhev 2.10.0-21.el7, qemu-kvm-common-rhev 2.10.0-21.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:1104

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Exploit prediction

0.95% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 61% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 2.1 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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