CVE-2017-8380

Publication date 28 August 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Score breakdown

Description

Buffer overflow in the "megasas_mmio_write" function in Qemu 2.9.0 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via unknown vectors.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
qemu	17.04 zesty	Fixed 1:2.8+dfsg-3ubuntu2.4
	16.10 yakkety	Ignored end of life
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.15
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not affected
	12.04 LTS precise	Not in release
qemu-kvm	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

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
qemu	Upstream: https://git.qemu.org/gitweb.cgi?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=24dfa9fa2f90a95ac33c7372de4f4f2c8a2c141f

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	9.8 · Critical
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-3414-1
QEMU vulnerabilities
13 September 2017

Other references