CVE-2017-16845

CRITICAL

Qemu < 2.11.2 - Out-of-Bounds Access in PS2 Migration Handler

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

hw/input/ps2.c in Qemu does not validate 'rptr' and 'count' values during guest migration, leading to out-of-bounds access.

References (6)

Core 6
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3649-1/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4213
Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-11/msg02982.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3575-1/
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101923

Scores

CVSS v3 10.0
EPSS 0.0207
EPSS Percentile 84.2%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (7)
canonical/ubuntu_linux 14.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 16.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 17.10
canonical/ubuntu_linux 18.04
debian/debian_linux 8.0
debian/debian_linux 9.0
qemu/qemu < 2.11.2
Published Nov 17, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026