PT-2018-2473
CVE-2018-5683
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Published
2018-01-23
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Updated
2020-10-15
Description by
CVSS 3.1
6.0
MediumMetricsAV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
QEMU (affected versions not specified)
Description
The issue is related to the
vga draw text function in QEMU, which is associated with incorrect input validation. This can lead to a denial of service, causing an out-of-bounds read and a crash of the QEMU process. Local OS guest privileged users can exploit this issue.Recommendations
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
Exploitability
Exploit
Impacts
Researchers
Vendors
Affected products
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