CVE-2017-7980
Heap-based buffer overflow in Cirrus CLGD 54xx VGA Emulator in Quick Emulator (Qemu) 2.8 and earlier allows local guest OS users to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (crash) via
02 Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in Cirrus CLGD 54xx VGA Emulator in Quick Emulator (Qemu) 2.8 and earlier allows local guest OS users to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (crash) via
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
- 0.62% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 49.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. 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
- 2017-07-25 14:00Z9 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 16:19Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2017-04-20
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- eb205dc6a61fe37d2ec7ee422460805c2625b693d8bac11263817790c3d03215
05 Affected products
06 References
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2017:0983https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0983
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20170421 CVE-2017-7980 Qemu: display: cirrus: OOB r/w access issues in bitblt routineshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/04/21/1
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2017:0982https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0982
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20180906 [SECURITY] [DLA 1497-1] qemu security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2017:1430https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1430
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201706-03https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-03
- ubuntu.comUSN-3289-1http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3289-1
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2017:1206https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1206
- www.securityfocus.com97955http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97955
- www.securityfocus.com102129http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102129
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2017:0984https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0984
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2017:0988https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0988
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2017:1441https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1441
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1430056
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2017:0981https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0981
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2017:0980https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0980
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2017:1205https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1205
- support.citrix.comhttps://support.citrix.com/article/CTX230138
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- qemu Fixed in 1:2.8+dfsg-4
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- qemu Fixed in 1:2.8+dfsg-4
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- qemu Fixed in 1:2.8+dfsg-4
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-2ubuntu1.34
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- qemu Fixed in 1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.14
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.