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CVE-2017-18030 (GCVE-0-2017-18030)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-01-23 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 21:06
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Summary
The cirrus_invalidate_region function in hw/display/cirrus_vga.c in Qemu allows local OS guest privileged users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds array access and QEMU process crash) via vectors related to negative pitch.
Severity
4.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2018-01-15 00:00
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