CVE-2017-7980

Publication date 21 April 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8 · High

Score breakdown

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in Cirrus CLGD 54xx VGA Emulator in Quick Emulator (Qemu) 2.8 and earlier allows local guest OS users to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (crash) via vectors related to a VNC client updating its display after a VGA operation.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
qemu-kvm 21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
19.10 eoan Not in release
19.04 disco Not in release
18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
17.10 artful Not in release
17.04 zesty Not in release
16.10 yakkety Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
12.04 LTS precise Ignored end of life
qemu 21.04 hirsute
Fixed 1:2.8+dfsg-3ubuntu3
20.10 groovy
Fixed 1:2.8+dfsg-3ubuntu3
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 1:2.8+dfsg-3ubuntu3
19.10 eoan
Fixed 1:2.8+dfsg-3ubuntu3
19.04 disco
Fixed 1:2.8+dfsg-3ubuntu3
18.10 cosmic
Fixed 1:2.8+dfsg-3ubuntu3
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 1:2.8+dfsg-3ubuntu3
17.10 artful
Fixed 1:2.8+dfsg-3ubuntu3
17.04 zesty
Fixed 1:2.8+dfsg-3ubuntu2.2
16.10 yakkety
Fixed 1:2.6.1+dfsg-0ubuntu5.5
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.14
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.34
12.04 LTS precise Not in release

Patch details

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Package Patch details
qemu

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.8 · High
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

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