UBUNTU-CVE-2017-14167

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-14167

    Published: 8 Sept 2017Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-14167
    Aliases:
    USN-3575-1

    Summary:

    Details: Integer overflow in the load_multiboot function in hw/i386/multiboot.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the host via crafted multiboot header address values, which trigger an out-of-bounds write.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-14167, https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-09/msg01483.html, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3575-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-14167

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: qemu

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+dfsg-2ubuntu1.39?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.39

    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