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CVE-2017-2615 json

Quick emulator (QEMU) built with the Cirrus CLGD 54xx VGA emulator support is vulnerable to an out-of-bounds access issue.

published 8y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2017-11776

cvss
5.5
version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.6%
EPSS 3.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 89%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Quick emulator (QEMU) built with the Cirrus CLGD 54xx VGA emulator support is vulnerable to an out-of-bounds access issue. It could occur while copying VGA data via bitblt copy in backward mode. A privileged user inside a guest could use this flaw to crash the QEMU process resulting in DoS or potentially execute arbitrary code on the host with privileges of QEMU process on the host.

Patch / fix

  • qemu Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1:2.8+dfsg-3

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-2615

  • xen Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 4.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.11
  • qemu Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.33
  • qemu Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.11

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2017-2615

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  • qemu-kvm RHEL 6 2:0.12.1.2-2.491.el6_8.6
  • qemu-img RHEL 6 2:0.12.1.2-2.491.el6_8.6
  • qemu-kvm-tools RHEL 6 2:0.12.1.2-2.491.el6_8.6
  • qemu-guest-agent RHEL 6 2:0.12.1.2-2.491.el6_8.6
  • qemu-kvm-rhev openstack 5 2:0.12.1.2-2.491.el6_8.7
  • qemu-img-rhev openstack 5 2:0.12.1.2-2.491.el6_8.7
  • qemu-kvm-rhev-tools openstack 5 2:0.12.1.2-2.491.el6_8.7
  • qemu-kvm-rhev RHEL 7, openstack 10, openstack 9 +4 more 10:2.6.0-28.el7_3.6

red hat advisories RHSA-2017:0309RHSA-2017:0334RHSA-2017:0333RHSA-2017:0332RHSA-2017:0454RHSA-2017:0331

  • kvm SLES 11 SP3-TERADATA, SLES 11 SP3-LTSS, SLE Point of Sale 11 SP3 1.4.2-53.11.1
  • qemu SLES for SAP 12 SP1, SLES 12 SP1, SLED 12 SP1 2.3.1-32.11
  • kvm SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP4 1.4.2-59.1
  • xen SLES 11 SP3-LTSS, SLE Point of Sale 11 SP3, OpenStack Cloud 5 +2 more 4.2.5_21-35.1
  • xen SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP4, SLE Software Development Kit 11 SP4 4.4.4_14-51.1
  • qemu SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2, SLES 12 SP2 +1 more 2.6.2-41.9.1
  • xen SLES for SAP 12 SP1, SLES 12 SP1, SLED 12 SP1 +1 more 4.5.5_06-22.11.2
  • xen SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES 12 SP2, SLED 12 SP2 +1 more 4.7.1_06-31.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2017:3084-1SUSE-SU-2017:1241-1SUSE-SU-2017:1135-1SUSE-SU-2017:0718-1SUSE-SU-2017:0661-1SUSE-SU-2017:0647-1

  • qemu openSUSE Tumbleweed 6.1.0-32.1
  • xen openSUSE Tumbleweed 4.15.1_01-1.2

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:11287-1openSUSE-SU-2024:11520-1

  • xen Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +17 more 4.7.1-r5
  • xen Alpine 3.3 4.6.3-r8
  • xen Alpine 3.4 4.6.3-r10
  • qemu Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +16 more 2.8.1-r1
  • qemu Alpine 3.5 2.8.1.1-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2017-2615

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Vendor advisories

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red hat product security vex CVE-2017-2615 updated cvss 5.5

Qemu: display: cirrus: oob access while doing bitblt copy backward mode

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 kvm, xen
    affected: no fix available, no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 qemu-kvm-rhev
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) qemu-img 1.5.3-126.el7_3.5, qemu-kvm 1.5.3-126.el7_3.5, qemu-kvm-tools 1.5.3-126.el7_3.5, qemu-kvm-common 1.5.3-126.el7_3.5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) qemu-img 1.5.3-126.el7_3.5, qemu-kvm 1.5.3-126.el7_3.5, qemu-kvm-tools 1.5.3-126.el7_3.5, qemu-kvm-common 1.5.3-126.el7_3.5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:0396
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) qemu-img 0.12.1.2-2.491.el6_8.6, qemu-kvm 0.12.1.2-2.491.el6_8.6, qemu-kvm-tools 0.12.1.2-2.491.el6_8.6, qemu-guest-agent 0.12.1.2-2.491.el6_8.6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:0309
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Multi OS (v. 5 client) kvm 83-277.el5_11, kmod-kvm 83-277.el5_11, kvm-tools 83-277.el5_11, kvm-qemu-img 83-277.el5_11
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:0454
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) qemu-img 0.12.1.2-2.491.el6_8.6, qemu-kvm 0.12.1.2-2.491.el6_8.6, qemu-kvm-tools 0.12.1.2-2.491.el6_8.6, qemu-guest-agent 0.12.1.2-2.491.el6_8.6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:0309
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 6 qemu-img-rhev 0.12.1.2-2.491.el6_8.7, qemu-kvm-rhev 0.12.1.2-2.491.el6_8.7, qemu-kvm-rhev-tools 0.12.1.2-2.491.el6_8.7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:0334
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 7 qemu-img-rhev 2.6.0-28.el7_3.6, qemu-kvm-rhev 2.6.0-28.el7_3.6, qemu-kvm-tools-rhev 2.6.0-28.el7_3.6, qemu-kvm-common-rhev 2.6.0-28.el7_3.6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:0333
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  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6.0 (Juno) for RHEL 7 qemu-img-rhev 2.6.0-28.el7_3.6, qemu-kvm-rhev 2.6.0-28.el7_3.6, qemu-kvm-tools-rhev 2.6.0-28.el7_3.6, qemu-kvm-common-rhev 2.6.0-28.el7_3.6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:0332
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 (Kilo) for RHEL 7 qemu-img-rhev 2.6.0-28.el7_3.6, qemu-kvm-rhev 2.6.0-28.el7_3.6, qemu-kvm-tools-rhev 2.6.0-28.el7_3.6, qemu-kvm-common-rhev 2.6.0-28.el7_3.6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:0331
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) qemu-img 0.12.1.2-2.491.el6_8.6, qemu-kvm 0.12.1.2-2.491.el6_8.6, qemu-kvm-tools 0.12.1.2-2.491.el6_8.6, qemu-guest-agent 0.12.1.2-2.491.el6_8.6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:0309
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) qemu-img 1.5.3-126.el7_3.5, qemu-kvm 1.5.3-126.el7_3.5, qemu-kvm-tools 1.5.3-126.el7_3.5, qemu-kvm-common 1.5.3-126.el7_3.5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:0396
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Virtualization (v. 5 server) kvm 83-277.el5_11, kmod-kvm 83-277.el5_11, kvm-tools 83-277.el5_11, kvm-qemu-img 83-277.el5_11
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:0454
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) qemu-img 0.12.1.2-2.491.el6_8.6, qemu-kvm 0.12.1.2-2.491.el6_8.6, qemu-kvm-tools 0.12.1.2-2.491.el6_8.6, qemu-guest-agent 0.12.1.2-2.491.el6_8.6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:0309
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) qemu-img 1.5.3-126.el7_3.5, qemu-kvm 1.5.3-126.el7_3.5, qemu-kvm-tools 1.5.3-126.el7_3.5, qemu-kvm-common 1.5.3-126.el7_3.5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:0396
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8.0 (Liberty) qemu-img-rhev 2.6.0-28.el7_3.6, qemu-kvm-rhev 2.6.0-28.el7_3.6, qemu-kvm-tools-rhev 2.6.0-28.el7_3.6, qemu-kvm-common-rhev 2.6.0-28.el7_3.6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:0330
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9.0 qemu-img-rhev 2.6.0-28.el7_3.6, qemu-kvm-rhev 2.6.0-28.el7_3.6, qemu-kvm-tools-rhev 2.6.0-28.el7_3.6, qemu-kvm-common-rhev 2.6.0-28.el7_3.6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:0329
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10.0 qemu-img-rhev 2.6.0-28.el7_3.6, qemu-kvm-rhev 2.6.0-28.el7_3.6, qemu-kvm-tools-rhev 2.6.0-28.el7_3.6, qemu-kvm-common-rhev 2.6.0-28.el7_3.6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:0328
  • Red Hat Virtualization 4 Management Agent for RHEL 7 Hosts qemu-img-rhev 2.6.0-28.el7_3.6, qemu-kvm-rhev 2.6.0-28.el7_3.6, qemu-kvm-tools-rhev 2.6.0-28.el7_3.6, qemu-kvm-common-rhev 2.6.0-28.el7_3.6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:0350
  • Red Hat RHEV Agents (vdsm) qemu-img-rhev 0.12.1.2-2.491.el6_8.6, qemu-kvm-rhev 0.12.1.2-2.491.el6_8.6, qemu-kvm-rhev-tools 0.12.1.2-2.491.el6_8.6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:0344
  • Red Hat RHEV-H and VDSM for 7 Hosts qemu-img-rhev 2.6.0-28.el7_3.6, qemu-kvm-rhev 2.6.0-28.el7_3.6, qemu-kvm-tools-rhev 2.6.0-28.el7_3.6, qemu-kvm-common-rhev 2.6.0-28.el7_3.6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:0350
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 11 (Ocata) qemu-kvm-rhev
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

3.58% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.0 5.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
NVD 3.0 9.1 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 9.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

  • qemu display

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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