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CVE-2017-13673 json

The vga display update in mis-calculated the region for the dirty bitmap snapshot in case split screen mode is used causing a denial of ser…

published 2017-08-29 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-5190

cvss
6.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.0%
EPSS 3.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 87%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The vga display update in mis-calculated the region for the dirty bitmap snapshot in case split screen mode is used causing a denial of service (assertion failure) in the cpu_physical_memory_snapshot_get_dirty function.

Patch / fix

  • qemu Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1:2.10.0+dfsg-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-13673

  • 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-2018:1113RHSA-2018:1104

  • 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

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2019:0582-1SUSE-SU-2019:0489-1

  • qemu openSUSE Tumbleweed 6.1.0-32.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:11287-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2017-13673 updated cvss 3.0

QEMU: VGA: reachable assert failure during display update

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 kvm, xen
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 qemu-img, qemu-kvm, qemu-kvm-rhev, qemu-kvm-tools, qemu-guest-agent, qemu-guest-agent-win32 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 qemu-img, qemu-kvm, libcacard, qemu-kvm-rhev, qemu-kvm-tools, libcacard-tools, +2 more
    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 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

2.96% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 6.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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