Description
The disas_insn function in target/i386/translate.c in QEMU before 2.9.0, when TCG mode without hardware acceleration is used, does not limit the instruction size, which allows local users to gain privileges by creating a modified basic block that injects code into a setuid program, as demonstrated by procmail. NOTE: the vendor has stated "this bug does not violate any security guarantees QEMU makes.
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-09-16T18:03:56.866Z
Reserved: 2017-04-26T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2017-8284
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Status : Modified
Published: 2017-04-26T14:59:00.270
Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033
Link: CVE-2017-8284
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