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.
Published: 2017-03-27
Score: 8.8 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-15005 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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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T15:18:48.713Z

Reserved: 2017-02-07T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-5931

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-03-27T15:59:00.547

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-5931

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2017-01-10T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-5931 - Bugzilla

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