CVE-2017-5931 describes an integer overflow in QEMU's virtio-crypto component, allowing local guest OS privileged users to trigger a heap-based buffer overflow. This vulnerability affects QEMU and carries a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a significant risk of denial of service or arbitrary code execution on the host system. While the attack complexity is low, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.8.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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CVE-2017-5931
Sep 8, 2020Integer 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.
Mar 14, 2017Qemu: virtio: integer overflow in handling virtio-crypto requests
Jan 10, 2017