CVE-2017-2633

Qemu: VNC: memory corruption due to unchecked resolution limit

Published Jul 27, 2018 CVSS 3.0 · 5.4 Medium EPSS 3.1% KEV · Not listed
Description
An out-of-bounds memory access issue was found in Quick Emulator (QEMU) before 1.7.2 in the VNC display driver. This flaw could occur while refreshing the VNC display surface area in the 'vnc_refresh_server_surface'. A user inside a guest could use this flaw to crash the QEMU process.

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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-11794 An out-of-bounds memory access issue was found in Quick Emulator (QEMU) before 1.7.2 in the VNC display driver. This flaw could occur while refreshing the VNC display surface area in the 'vnc_refresh_server_surface'. A user inside a guest could use this flaw to crash the QEMU process.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3261-1 QEMU vulnerabilities
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