CVE-2017-15289: qemu Out-of-bounds Write
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2017-15289 is a medium (CVSS 6.0) Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in qemu. EPSS estimates a 0.46% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 40.1% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 6, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 24 · Related 14Timeline
- 16-10-2017PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 05-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
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.
CVSS metrics
6 scores · 4 sources · 3 versions- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated6.0MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated6.0MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated6.0MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:HDiffers
EPSS trend
Probability
0.46%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
40%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 0.46% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: local access, administrative account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Redhat5 products
- qemu-guest-agent< 2:0.12.1.2-2.503.el6_9.5
- qemu-img< 2:0.12.1.2-2.503.el6_9.5
- qemu-kvm< 2:0.12.1.2-2.503.el6_9.5
- qemu-kvm-debuginfo< 2:0.12.1.2-2.503.el6_9.5
- qemu-kvm-tools< 2:0.12.1.2-2.503.el6_9.5
Debian1 product
- qemu< 1:2.11+dfsg-1
Qemu1 product
- qemu≤ 2.10.2
Ubuntu1 product
- qemu< 2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.39 | < 1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.22
4 vendors · 8 products
References
24 links- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0516Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource REDHATThird Party AdvisoryAdvisory
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.htmlMailing ListX Refsource MLISTThird Party Advisory- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/10/12/16Mailing ListX Refsource MLISTPatchThird Party Advisory
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1501290X Refsource CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party AdvisoryREPORT
Show all 24 references
- lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-10/msg02557.htmlMailing ListX Refsource MLISTPatchThird Party AdvisoryREPORT
