UBUNTU-CVE-2017-15289

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-15289

    Published: 16 Oct 2017Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-15289
    Aliases:
    USN-3575-1

    Summary:

    Details: The mode4and5 write functions in hw/display/cirrus_vga.c in Qemu allow local OS guest privileged users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write access and Qemu process crash) via vectors related to dst calculation.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-15289, https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-10/msg02557.html, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3575-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-15289

    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