CVE-2017-16845
10.0
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 2.9% (pctl 87)
In your normal cycle
Critical by CVSS (10), but no sign of active exploitation.
Description
hw/input/ps2.c in Qemu does not validate 'rptr' and 'count' values during guest migration, leading to out-of-bounds access.
Scoring
| CVSS | 10.0 (CRITICAL, v3.1) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:H |
| EPSS | 2.94% — more likely to be exploited than 87% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-20 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2017-11-17 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (3)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| canonical | ubuntu linux |
| debian | debian linux |
| qemu | qemu |
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101923
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-11/msg02982.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3575-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3649-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4213
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101923
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-11/msg02982.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3575-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3649-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4213
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