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CVE-2017-5931 Detail

Description

Integer overflow in hw/virtio/virtio-crypto.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service (QEMU process crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code on the host via a crafted virtio-crypto request, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.


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Hyperlink Resource
http://git.qemu-project.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a08aaff811fb194950f79711d2afe5a892ae03a4
http://git.qemu-project.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a08aaff811fb194950f79711d2afe5a892ae03a4
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/08/2 Mailing List  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/08/2 Mailing List  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96141 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96141 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1420092 Issue Tracking  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1420092 Issue Tracking  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-01/msg01368.html Patch  Vendor Advisory 
https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-01/msg01368.html Patch  Vendor Advisory 
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-28 Third Party Advisory 
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-28 Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2017-5931
NVD Published Date:
03/27/2017
NVD Last Modified:
11/20/2024
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.