CVE-2017-14167

high

Description

Integer overflow in the load_multiboot function in hw/i386/multiboot.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the host via crafted multiboot header address values, which trigger an out-of-bounds write.

References

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3575-1/

https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-09/msg01032.html

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3474

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3473

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3472

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3471

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3470

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3466

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3369

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3368

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100694

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/09/07/2

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3991

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-09-08

Updated: 2020-11-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H