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CVE-2018-5683

The vga_draw_text function in Qemu allows local OS guest privileged users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and QEMU process crash) by leveragin…

Impact

The vga_draw_text function in Qemu allows local OS guest privileged users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and QEMU process crash) by leveraging improper memory address validation.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
QemuQemu
through 2.11.1
DebianDebian Linux
Versions 8.0, 9.0
RedhatEnterprise Linux Desktop
Versions 6.0, 7.0
RedhatEnterprise Linux Server
Versions 6.0, 7.0
RedhatEnterprise Linux Server Aus
Versions 7.6, 7.7
RedhatEnterprise Linux Server Eus
Versions 7.6, 7.7
RedhatEnterprise Linux Server Tus
Versions 7.6, 7.7
RedhatEnterprise Linux Workstation
Versions 6.0, 7.0
CanonicalUbuntu Linux
Versions 14.04, 16.04, 17.10

Weakness classification

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