CVE-2017-7980 describes a heap-based buffer overflow in the Cirrus CLGD 54xx VGA Emulator within QEMU versions 2.8 and earlier, impacting products like Canonical, Debian, QEMU, and Red Hat. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.8, indicating that a local guest OS user can achieve arbitrary code execution or a denial of service with low attack complexity and no user interaction. While the potential impact is significant, there is no evidence of active exploitation, no known public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
14.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | ||
16.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | ||
16.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
17.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.