CVE-2017-2633
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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 3.07% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 87.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 6.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2018-07-27 19:00Z8 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 14:02Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2016-12-01
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 5.4)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- ebd70317f2d77c2d5768b3479c9da33c0f99e672d6cc93bdf4022903551866a8
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20170223 CVE-2017-2633 Qemu: VNC: memory corruption due to unchecked resolution limithttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/23/1
- git.qemu.orghttps://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=bea60dd7679364493a0d7f5b54316c767cf894ef
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2017:1206https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1206
- git.qemu.orghttps://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=9f64916da20eea67121d544698676295bbb105a7
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2633
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2017:1441https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1441
- www.securityfocus.com96417http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96417
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2017:1856https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1856
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2017:1205https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1205
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- qemu Fixed in 2.1+dfsg-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- qemu Fixed in 2.1+dfsg-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- qemu Fixed in 2.1+dfsg-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- qemu Fixed in 2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.33
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.