CVE-2017-7980
Qemu: display: cirrus: OOB r/w access issues in bitblt routines
Severity
ImportantRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.0
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Published · March 15, 2017
Updated · June 28, 2026
Description
An out-of-bounds r/w access issue was found in QEMU's Cirrus CLGD 54xx VGA Emulator support. The vulnerability could occur while copying VGA data via various bitblt functions. A privileged user inside a guest could use this flaw to crash the QEMU process or, potentially, execute arbitrary code on the host with privileges of the QEMU process.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.0 · 5.5CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
CVSS 2.0 · 4.9AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
CWE-787 · Out-of-bounds Write