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CVE-2017-5931

Integer overflow in hw/virtio/virtio-crypto.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of serv…

Published 9 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
8.8
v3.1 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
0.5%
percentile 45%
Public exploits
0
none known

Integer overflow in hw/virtio/virtio-crypto.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service (QEMU process crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code on the host via a crafted virtio-crypto request, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.53% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 45% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.18.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD2.07.2AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound

References

  • lists.nongnu.org /archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-01/msg01368.html · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/96141 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • security.gentoo.org /glsa/201702-28 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO, x_transferred
  • git.qemu-project.org /?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a08aaff811fb194950f79711d2afe5a892ae03a4 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • openwall.com /lists/oss-security/2017/02/08/2 · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
  • bugzilla.redhat.com /show_bug.cgi?id=1420092 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred

Sources

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