CVE-2017-2633

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2017-2633  

An out-of-bounds memory access issue was found in Quick Emulator (QEMU) in the VNC display driver. This flaw could occur while refreshing the VNC display surface area in the 'vnc_refresh_server_surface'. A user inside a guest could use this flaw to crash the QEMU process.

An out-of-bounds memory access issue was found in Quick Emulator (QEMU) in the VNC display driver. This flaw could occur while refreshing the VNC display surface area in the 'vnc_refresh_server_surface'. A user inside a guest could use this flaw to crash the QEMU process.

Find out more about CVE-2017-2633 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 3.8
Base Metrics AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Adjacent Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication Single
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial

CVSS v3 metrics

CVSS3 Base Score 5.4
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L
Attack Vector Adjacent Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Changed
Confidentiality None
Integrity Impact Low
Availability Impact Low

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
RHEV Agents (vdsm) (qemu-kvm-rhev) RHSA-2017:1205 2017-05-09
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (qemu-kvm) RHSA-2017:1856 2017-08-01
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 6 (qemu-kvm-rhev) RHSA-2017:1441 2017-06-14
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (qemu-kvm) RHSA-2017:1206 2017-05-09

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9.0 qemu-kvm-rhev Not affected
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8.0 (Liberty) qemu-kvm-rhev Not affected
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 qemu-kvm-rhev Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 (Kilo) for RHEL 7 qemu-kvm-rhev Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6.0 (Juno) for RHEL 7 qemu-kvm-rhev Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 qemu-kvm-rhev Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 kvm Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 xen Will not fix