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TI-2017-05343 Aliases CVE-2017-7718GHSA-grqv-x6q8-x92g

hw/display/cirrus_vga_rop.h in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS privileged…

Priority LOW 25CWE-125Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 18 fixed, 2 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-125 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

hw/display/cirrus_vga_rop.h in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and QEMU process crash) via vectors related to copying VGA data via the cirrus_bitblt_rop_fwd_transp_ and cirrus_bitblt_rop_fwd_ functions.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00499 43rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Red Hat: 11 advisoriesRed Hat: 18 fixed, 2 without a fix

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 3

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 2.8.1.1VulnerableQEMU
cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:2.9.0:rc0:*:*:*:*:*:*2.9.0 rc0VulnerableQEMU
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*8.0VulnerableDebian
  • cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 2.8.1.1 Vulnerable ·QEMU
  • cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:2.9.0:rc0:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.9.0 rc0 Vulnerable ·QEMU
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.0 Vulnerable ·Debian

Remediation

Red Hat 11 advisories

  • RHSA-2017:1441 Released 2017-06-14 · Red Hat rating Important
    qemu-kvm-rhev security and bug fix update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 6 qemu-img-rhev-2:0.12.1.2-2.503.el6_9.3, qemu-kvm-rhev-2:0.12.1.2-2.503.el6_9.3, qemu-kvm-rhev-tools-2:0.12.1.2-2.503.el6_9.3
  • RHSA-2017:1430 Released 2017-06-13 · Red Hat rating Important
    qemu-kvm security and bug fix update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) qemu-img-10:1.5.3-126.el7_3.9, qemu-kvm-10:1.5.3-126.el7_3.9, qemu-kvm-common-10:1.5.3-126.el7_3.9 +1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) qemu-img-10:1.5.3-126.el7_3.9, qemu-kvm-10:1.5.3-126.el7_3.9, qemu-kvm-common-10:1.5.3-126.el7_3.9 +1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) qemu-img-10:1.5.3-126.el7_3.9, qemu-kvm-10:1.5.3-126.el7_3.9, qemu-kvm-common-10:1.5.3-126.el7_3.9 +1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) qemu-img-10:1.5.3-126.el7_3.9, qemu-kvm-10:1.5.3-126.el7_3.9, qemu-kvm-common-10:1.5.3-126.el7_3.9 +1
  • RHSA-2017:1431 Released 2017-06-13 · Red Hat rating Important
    qemu-kvm-rhev security and bug fix update
    • RHEV-H and VDSM for 7 Hosts qemu-img-rhev-10:2.6.0-28.el7_3.10, qemu-kvm-common-rhev-10:2.6.0-28.el7_3.10, qemu-kvm-rhev-10:2.6.0-28.el7_3.10 +1
    • Red Hat Virtualization 4 Management Agent for RHEL 7 Hosts qemu-img-rhev-10:2.6.0-28.el7_3.10, qemu-kvm-common-rhev-10:2.6.0-28.el7_3.10, qemu-kvm-rhev-10:2.6.0-28.el7_3.10 +1
Show 8 more Red Hat advisories
  • RHSA-2017:1206 Released 2017-05-09 · Red Hat rating Important
    qemu-kvm security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) qemu-guest-agent-2:0.12.1.2-2.503.el6_9.3, qemu-img-2:0.12.1.2-2.503.el6_9.3, qemu-kvm-2:0.12.1.2-2.503.el6_9.3 +1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) qemu-guest-agent-2:0.12.1.2-2.503.el6_9.3, qemu-img-2:0.12.1.2-2.503.el6_9.3, qemu-kvm-2:0.12.1.2-2.503.el6_9.3 +1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) qemu-guest-agent-2:0.12.1.2-2.503.el6_9.3, qemu-img-2:0.12.1.2-2.503.el6_9.3, qemu-kvm-2:0.12.1.2-2.503.el6_9.3 +1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) qemu-guest-agent-2:0.12.1.2-2.503.el6_9.3, qemu-img-2:0.12.1.2-2.503.el6_9.3, qemu-kvm-2:0.12.1.2-2.503.el6_9.3 +1
  • RHSA-2017:1205 Released 2017-05-09 · Red Hat rating Important
    qemu-kvm-rhev security update
    • RHEV Agents (vdsm) qemu-img-rhev-2:0.12.1.2-2.503.el6_9.3, qemu-kvm-rhev-2:0.12.1.2-2.503.el6_9.3, qemu-kvm-rhev-tools-2:0.12.1.2-2.503.el6_9.3
  • RHSA-2017:0988 Released 2017-04-18 · Red Hat rating Important
    qemu-kvm-rhev security update
    • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10.0 qemu-img-rhev-10:2.6.0-28.el7_3.9, qemu-kvm-common-rhev-10:2.6.0-28.el7_3.9, qemu-kvm-rhev-10:2.6.0-28.el7_3.9 +1
  • RHSA-2017:0980 Released 2017-04-18 · Red Hat rating Important
    qemu-kvm-rhev security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 7 qemu-img-rhev-10:2.6.0-28.el7_3.9, qemu-kvm-common-rhev-10:2.6.0-28.el7_3.9, qemu-kvm-rhev-10:2.6.0-28.el7_3.9 +1
  • RHSA-2017:0981 Released 2017-04-18 · Red Hat rating Important
    qemu-kvm-rhev security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6.0 (Juno) for RHEL 7 qemu-img-rhev-10:2.6.0-28.el7_3.9, qemu-kvm-common-rhev-10:2.6.0-28.el7_3.9, qemu-kvm-rhev-10:2.6.0-28.el7_3.9 +1
  • RHSA-2017:0982 Released 2017-04-18 · Red Hat rating Important
    qemu-kvm-rhev security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 (Kilo) for RHEL 7 qemu-img-rhev-10:2.6.0-28.el7_3.9, qemu-kvm-common-rhev-10:2.6.0-28.el7_3.9, qemu-kvm-rhev-10:2.6.0-28.el7_3.9 +1
  • RHSA-2017:0983 Released 2017-04-18 · Red Hat rating Important
    qemu-kvm-rhev security update
    • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8.0 (Liberty) qemu-img-rhev-10:2.6.0-28.el7_3.9, qemu-kvm-common-rhev-10:2.6.0-28.el7_3.9, qemu-kvm-rhev-10:2.6.0-28.el7_3.9 +1
  • RHSA-2017:0984 Released 2017-04-18 · Red Hat rating Important
    qemu-kvm-rhev security update
    • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9.0 qemu-img-rhev-10:2.6.0-28.el7_3.9, qemu-kvm-common-rhev-10:2.6.0-28.el7_3.9, qemu-kvm-rhev-10:2.6.0-28.el7_3.9 +1

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6AffectedNo fix yet
RHEV Agents (vdsm)Fixed RHSA-2017:1205
RHEV-H and VDSM for 7 HostsFixed RHSA-2017:1431
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2017:1430
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2017:1430
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2017:1206
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2017:1206
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 6Fixed RHSA-2017:1441
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 7Fixed RHSA-2017:0980
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6.0 (Juno) for RHEL 7Fixed RHSA-2017:0981
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 (Kilo) for RHEL 7Fixed RHSA-2017:0982
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2017:1206
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2017:1430
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2017:1206
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2017:1430
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10.0Fixed RHSA-2017:0988
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8.0 (Liberty)Fixed RHSA-2017:0983
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9.0Fixed RHSA-2017:0984
Red Hat Virtualization 4 Management Agent for RHEL 7 HostsFixed RHSA-2017:1431
Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 11 (Ocata)

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-7718
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-grqv-x6q8-x92g

References

Patch 2

Advisory 13

Other 1

Sources

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