CVE-2017-15289 Memory corruption in n/a
Local guest users can crash the QEMU process via an out-of-bounds write in the Cirrus VGA emulation, causing denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2017-15289?
CVE-2017-15289 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Qemu Qemu, published on 16 Oct 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-787
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-15289?
It affects 1 product.
Linux distribution packages (20)
qemu-guest-agent Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 2:0.12.1.2-2.503.el6_9.5 |
qemu-img Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 2:0.12.1.2-2.503.el6_9.5 |
qemu-kvm Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 2:0.12.1.2-2.503.el6_9.5 |
qemu-kvm-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 2:0.12.1.2-2.503.el6_9.5 |
qemu-kvm-tools Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 2:0.12.1.2-2.503.el6_9.5 |
qemu-guest-agent Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | All versions | 2:0.12.1.2-2.503.el6_9.5 |
qemu-img Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | All versions | 2:0.12.1.2-2.503.el6_9.5 |
qemu-kvm Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | All versions | 2:0.12.1.2-2.503.el6_9.5 |
qemu-kvm-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | All versions | 2:0.12.1.2-2.503.el6_9.5 |
qemu-kvm-tools Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | All versions | 2:0.12.1.2-2.503.el6_9.5 |
qemu-guest-agent Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | All versions | 2:0.12.1.2-2.503.el6_9.5 |
qemu-img Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | All versions | 2:0.12.1.2-2.503.el6_9.5 |
qemu-kvm Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | All versions | 2:0.12.1.2-2.503.el6_9.5 |
qemu-kvm-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | All versions | 2:0.12.1.2-2.503.el6_9.5 |
qemu-kvm-tools Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | All versions | 2:0.12.1.2-2.503.el6_9.5 |
qemu-guest-agent Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation | All versions | 2:0.12.1.2-2.503.el6_9.5 |
qemu-img Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation | All versions | 2:0.12.1.2-2.503.el6_9.5 |
qemu-kvm Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation | All versions | 2:0.12.1.2-2.503.el6_9.5 |
qemu-kvm-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation | All versions | 2:0.12.1.2-2.503.el6_9.5 |
qemu-kvm-tools Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation | All versions | 2:0.12.1.2-2.503.el6_9.5 |
Products include Qemu Qemu.
How do I fix CVE-2017-15289?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2017-15289 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-15289 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Qemu Qemu
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2017-15289, GHSA-m7v3-764g-pgjx, RHSA-2018:0516, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-15289.