UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16845

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16845

    Published: 17 Nov 2017Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-16845

    Summary:

    Details: hw/input/ps2.c in Qemu does not validate 'rptr' and 'count' values during guest migration, leading to out-of-bounds access.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-16845, https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-11/msg02982.html, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3575-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3649-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-16845

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: qemu

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/qemu@1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.22?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.22

    Affected versions

    1:2.3+dfsg-5ubuntu9

    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