UBUNTU-CVE-2017-13672

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-13672

    Published: 1 Sept 2017Last Modified: 9 Jun 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-13672
    Aliases:
    USN-3575-1

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-13672, https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-08/msg04684.html, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/08/30/3, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3575-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-13672

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: qemu

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/qemu?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy%2Ftrusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    1.5.0+dfsg-3ubuntu5
    1.5.0+dfsg-3ubuntu6

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High