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CVE-2017-15289
The mode4and5 write functions in hw/display/cirrus_vga.c in Qemu allow local OS guest privileged users to cause a denial of service…
- 6.0MediumCVSS base score
- 0.46%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 60% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 4 days later
· 4 days later
Published
- 7 years later
· 7 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium6.0 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.46% · top 60% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
16
- RHSA-2018:0516 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2017:3473 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20180906 [SECURITY] [DLA 1497-1] qemu security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- DSA-4213 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 101262 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20171012 CVE-2017-15289 Qemu: cirrus: OOB access issue in mode4and5 write functions (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1501290 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2017:3470 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2017:3472 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2017:3474 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- USN-3575-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- RHSA-2017:3471 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2017:3368 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- [qemu-devel] 20171011 [PATCH v2] cirrus: fix oob access in mode4and5 write functions (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- RHSA-2017:3466 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2017:3369 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2017-6745 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2017-15289)Record last updated .