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TI-2017-09951 Aliases CVE-2017-13673GHSA-pg5w-wp8p-gv59

The vga display update in mis-calculated the region for the dirty bitmap snapshot in case…

Priority LOW 34CWE-617Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
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: 6 fixed, 5 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-617.

Summary

The vga display update in mis-calculated the region for the dirty bitmap snapshot in case split screen mode is used causing a denial of service (assertion failure) in the cpu_physical_memory_snapshot_get_dirty function.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02959 87th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Red Hat: 2 advisoriesRed Hat: 6 fixed, 5 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 · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:2.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.8.0VulnerableQEMU
cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:2.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.9.0VulnerableQEMU
  • cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:2.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.8.0 Vulnerable ·QEMU
  • cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:2.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.9.0 Vulnerable ·QEMU

Remediation

Red Hat 2 advisories

  • RHSA-2018:1113 Released 2018-04-11 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    qemu-kvm-rhev security and bug fix update
    • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10.0 qemu-img-rhev-10:2.10.0-21.el7, qemu-kvm-common-rhev-10:2.10.0-21.el7, qemu-kvm-rhev-10:2.10.0-21.el7 +1
    • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 11.0 qemu-img-rhev-10:2.10.0-21.el7, qemu-kvm-common-rhev-10:2.10.0-21.el7, qemu-kvm-rhev-10:2.10.0-21.el7 +1
    • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 12.0 qemu-img-rhev-10:2.10.0-21.el7, qemu-kvm-common-rhev-10:2.10.0-21.el7, qemu-kvm-rhev-10:2.10.0-21.el7 +1
    • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8.0 (Liberty) qemu-img-rhev-10:2.10.0-21.el7, qemu-kvm-common-rhev-10:2.10.0-21.el7, qemu-kvm-rhev-10:2.10.0-21.el7 +1
    • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9.0 qemu-img-rhev-10:2.10.0-21.el7, qemu-kvm-common-rhev-10:2.10.0-21.el7, qemu-kvm-rhev-10:2.10.0-21.el7 +1
  • RHSA-2018:1104 Released 2018-04-10 · Red Hat rating Important
    qemu-kvm-rhev security, bug fix, and enhancement update
    • Red Hat Virtualization 4 Management Agent for RHEL 7 Hosts qemu-img-rhev-10:2.10.0-21.el7, qemu-kvm-common-rhev-10:2.10.0-21.el7, qemu-kvm-rhev-10:2.10.0-21.el7 +1

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Low. 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
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7AffectedNo fix yet
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6 (Juno)AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7 (Kilo)AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10.0Fixed RHSA-2018:1113
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 11.0Fixed RHSA-2018:1113
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 12.0Fixed RHSA-2018:1113
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8.0 (Liberty)Fixed RHSA-2018:1113
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9.0Fixed RHSA-2018:1113
Red Hat Virtualization 4 Management Agent for RHEL 7 HostsFixed RHSA-2018:1104

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-13673
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-pg5w-wp8p-gv59

References

Patch 1

Advisory 3

Other 2

  • TI-2024-16148 QEMU before 8.2.0 has an integer underflow, and resultant buffer overflow, via a TI… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2022-02736 Uncontrolled resource consumption in QEMU CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2023-02681 Qemu: 9pfs: improper access control on special files CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1
  • TI-2019-09678 The QMP migrate command in QEMU version 4.0.0 and earlier is vulnerable to OS command… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2024-03326 Qemu-kvm: net: assertion failure in update_sctp_checksum() CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5
  • TI-2023-22631 QEMU through 8.0.0 could trigger a division by zero in scsi_disk_reset in… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5
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