CVE-2017-7980 json
Heap-based buffer overflow in Cirrus CLGD 54xx VGA Emulator in Quick Emulator (Qemu) 2.8 and earlier allows local guest OS users to execute…
published 2017-07-25 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-16950
- cvss
- 7.8
- version 3.0, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.6%
- EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 50%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
Heap-based buffer overflow in Cirrus CLGD 54xx VGA Emulator in Quick Emulator (Qemu) 2.8 and earlier allows local guest OS users to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (crash) via vectors related to a VNC client updating its display after a VGA operation.
Patch / fix
- qemu Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1:2.8+dfsg-4
debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-7980
- qemu Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.34
- qemu Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.14
ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7980
Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0
- qemu-kvm-rhev RHEL 6, openstack 5 2:0.12.1.2-2.503.el6_9.3
- qemu-img-rhev RHEL 6, openstack 5 2:0.12.1.2-2.503.el6_9.3
- qemu-kvm-rhev-tools RHEL 6, openstack 5 2:0.12.1.2-2.503.el6_9.3
- qemu-kvm RHEL 6 2:0.12.1.2-2.503.el6_9.3
- qemu-img RHEL 6 2:0.12.1.2-2.503.el6_9.3
- qemu-kvm-tools RHEL 6 2:0.12.1.2-2.503.el6_9.3
- qemu-guest-agent RHEL 6 2:0.12.1.2-2.503.el6_9.3
- qemu-kvm-rhev openstack 10, openstack 9, openstack 8 +3 more 10:2.6.0-28.el7_3.9
red hat advisories RHSA-2017:1205RHSA-2017:1206RHSA-2017:1441RHSA-2017:0981RHSA-2017:0982RHSA-2017:0983
- 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
- qemu SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2, SLES 12 SP2 +1 more 2.6.2-41.16.1
- xen SLES 11 SP3-LTSS, SLE Point of Sale 11 SP3, OpenStack Cloud 5 +2 more 4.2.5_21-41.1
- xen SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP4, SLE Software Development Kit 11 SP4 4.4.4_18-57.1
- xen SLES for SAP 12 SP1, SLES 12 SP1, SLED 12 SP1 +1 more 4.5.5_10-22.14.1
- qemu SLES 12-LTSS 2.0.2-48.34.3
suse advisories SUSE-SU-2017:3084-1SUSE-SU-2017:2969-1SUSE-SU-2017:2963-1SUSE-SU-2017:2946-1SUSE-SU-2017:1774-1SUSE-SU-2017:1146-1
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-2017-7980 updated cvss 5.5
Qemu: display: cirrus: OOB r/w access issues in bitblt routines
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 kvm, xenaffected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 qemu-kvm-rhev Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 qemu-kvm-rhevaffected: no fix available
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) qemu-img 1.5.3-126.el7_3.9, qemu-kvm 1.5.3-126.el7_3.9, qemu-kvm-tools 1.5.3-126.el7_3.9, qemu-kvm-common 1.5.3-126.el7_3.9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) qemu-img 1.5.3-126.el7_3.9, qemu-kvm 1.5.3-126.el7_3.9, qemu-kvm-tools 1.5.3-126.el7_3.9, qemu-kvm-common 1.5.3-126.el7_3.9fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:1430
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) qemu-img 0.12.1.2-2.503.el6_9.3, qemu-kvm 0.12.1.2-2.503.el6_9.3, qemu-kvm-tools 0.12.1.2-2.503.el6_9.3, qemu-guest-agent 0.12.1.2-2.503.el6_9.3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) qemu-img 0.12.1.2-2.503.el6_9.3, qemu-kvm 0.12.1.2-2.503.el6_9.3, qemu-kvm-tools 0.12.1.2-2.503.el6_9.3, qemu-guest-agent 0.12.1.2-2.503.el6_9.3fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:1206
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 6 qemu-img-rhev 0.12.1.2-2.503.el6_9.3, qemu-kvm-rhev 0.12.1.2-2.503.el6_9.3, qemu-kvm-rhev-tools 0.12.1.2-2.503.el6_9.3fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:1441
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 7 qemu-img-rhev 2.6.0-28.el7_3.9, qemu-kvm-rhev 2.6.0-28.el7_3.9, qemu-kvm-tools-rhev 2.6.0-28.el7_3.9, qemu-kvm-common-rhev 2.6.0-28.el7_3.9fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:0980
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6.0 (Juno) for RHEL 7 qemu-img-rhev 2.6.0-28.el7_3.9, qemu-kvm-rhev 2.6.0-28.el7_3.9, qemu-kvm-tools-rhev 2.6.0-28.el7_3.9, qemu-kvm-common-rhev 2.6.0-28.el7_3.9fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:0981
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 (Kilo) for RHEL 7 qemu-img-rhev 2.6.0-28.el7_3.9, qemu-kvm-rhev 2.6.0-28.el7_3.9, qemu-kvm-tools-rhev 2.6.0-28.el7_3.9, qemu-kvm-common-rhev 2.6.0-28.el7_3.9fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:0982
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) qemu-img 0.12.1.2-2.503.el6_9.3, qemu-kvm 0.12.1.2-2.503.el6_9.3, qemu-kvm-tools 0.12.1.2-2.503.el6_9.3, qemu-guest-agent 0.12.1.2-2.503.el6_9.3fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:1206
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) qemu-img 1.5.3-126.el7_3.9, qemu-kvm 1.5.3-126.el7_3.9, qemu-kvm-tools 1.5.3-126.el7_3.9, qemu-kvm-common 1.5.3-126.el7_3.9fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:1430
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) qemu-img 0.12.1.2-2.503.el6_9.3, qemu-kvm 0.12.1.2-2.503.el6_9.3, qemu-kvm-tools 0.12.1.2-2.503.el6_9.3, qemu-guest-agent 0.12.1.2-2.503.el6_9.3fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:1206
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) qemu-img 1.5.3-126.el7_3.9, qemu-kvm 1.5.3-126.el7_3.9, qemu-kvm-tools 1.5.3-126.el7_3.9, qemu-kvm-common 1.5.3-126.el7_3.9fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:1430
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Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8.0 (Liberty) qemu-img-rhev 2.6.0-28.el7_3.9, qemu-kvm-rhev 2.6.0-28.el7_3.9, qemu-kvm-tools-rhev 2.6.0-28.el7_3.9, qemu-kvm-common-rhev 2.6.0-28.el7_3.9fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:0983
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Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9.0 qemu-img-rhev 2.6.0-28.el7_3.9, qemu-kvm-rhev 2.6.0-28.el7_3.9, qemu-kvm-tools-rhev 2.6.0-28.el7_3.9, qemu-kvm-common-rhev 2.6.0-28.el7_3.9fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:0984
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Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10.0 qemu-img-rhev 2.6.0-28.el7_3.9, qemu-kvm-rhev 2.6.0-28.el7_3.9, qemu-kvm-tools-rhev 2.6.0-28.el7_3.9, qemu-kvm-common-rhev 2.6.0-28.el7_3.9fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:0988
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Red Hat RHEV Agents (vdsm) qemu-img-rhev 0.12.1.2-2.503.el6_9.3, qemu-kvm-rhev 0.12.1.2-2.503.el6_9.3, qemu-kvm-rhev-tools 0.12.1.2-2.503.el6_9.3fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:1205
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Red Hat OpenStack Platform 11 (Ocata) qemu-kvm-rhevnot affected: vulnerable code not present
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
Exploit prediction
0.63% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 50% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.0 | 7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 4.6 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
Classification
- Weakness
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- CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
References
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security.gentoo.org
/glsa/201706-03
vendor-advisory, patch, third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
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openwall.com
/lists/oss-security/2017/04/21/1
mailing-list, patch, third-party-advisory
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bugzilla.redhat.com
/show_bug.cgi?id=1430056
issue-tracking, patch, third-party-advisory
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access.redhat.com
/errata/RHSA-2017:0983
vendor-advisory, third-party-advisory
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access.redhat.com
/errata/RHSA-2017:0982
vendor-advisory, third-party-advisory
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access.redhat.com
/errata/RHSA-2017:1430
vendor-advisory, third-party-advisory
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ubuntu.com
/usn/usn-3289-1
vendor-advisory, third-party-advisory
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access.redhat.com
/errata/RHSA-2017:1206
vendor-advisory, third-party-advisory
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access.redhat.com
/errata/RHSA-2017:0984
vendor-advisory, third-party-advisory
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access.redhat.com
/errata/RHSA-2017:0988
vendor-advisory, third-party-advisory
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access.redhat.com
/errata/RHSA-2017:1441
vendor-advisory, third-party-advisory
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access.redhat.com
/errata/RHSA-2017:0981
vendor-advisory, third-party-advisory
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access.redhat.com
/errata/RHSA-2017:0980
vendor-advisory, third-party-advisory
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access.redhat.com
/errata/RHSA-2017:1205
vendor-advisory, third-party-advisory
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lists.debian.org
/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html
mailing-list, third-party-advisory
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securityfocus.com
/bid/97955
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory
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securityfocus.com
/bid/102129
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory
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support.citrix.com
/article/CTX230138
third-party-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2017-7980
- NVD CVE-2017-7980
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