CVE-2017-14167
Quick Emulator (QEMU), compiled with the PC System Emulator with multiboot feature support, is vulnerable to an OOB r/w memory access issue. The issue could occur due to an integer overflow while loading a kernel image during a guest boot. A user or process could use this flaw to potentially achieve arbitrary code execution on a host.
Find out more about CVE-2017-14167 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score | 3.7 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| Access Vector | Local |
| Access Complexity | High |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | Partial |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
CVSS v3 metrics
| CVSS3 Base Score | 4.9 |
|---|---|
| CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L |
| Attack Vector | Local |
| Attack Complexity | High |
| Privileges Required | None |
| User Interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | Low |
| Integrity Impact | Low |
| Availability Impact | Low |
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Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Virtualization 4 Management Agent for RHEL 7 Hosts (qemu-kvm-rhev) | RHSA-2017:3369 | 2017-11-30 |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 (qemu-kvm-rhev) | RHSA-2017:3474 | 2017-12-14 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (qemu-kvm) | RHSA-2017:3368 | 2017-11-30 |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8.0 (Liberty) (qemu-kvm-rhev) | RHSA-2017:3471 | 2017-12-14 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6.0 (Juno) for RHEL 7 (qemu-kvm-rhev) | RHSA-2017:3473 | 2017-12-14 |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 11.0 (Ocata) (qemu-kvm-rhev) | RHSA-2017:3466 | 2017-12-14 |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9.0 (qemu-kvm-rhev) | RHSA-2017:3470 | 2017-12-14 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 (Kilo) for RHEL 7 (qemu-kvm-rhev) | RHSA-2017:3472 | 2017-12-14 |
Affected Packages State
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 12.0 | qemu-kvm-rhev | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | qemu-kvm-rhev | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | qemu-kvm | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | xen | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | kvm | Not affected |