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Vulnerability IntelligenceUBUNTU-CVE-2017-8380

UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8380

CRITICAL9.8

Buffer overflow in the "megasas_mmio_write" function in Qemu 2.9.0 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via unknown vectors.

Published Aug 28, 2017

Modified 6 months ago

Fix available

Details

Buffer overflow in the "megasas_mmio_write" function in Qemu 2.9.0 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via unknown vectors.

Affected Packages

qemu

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Fixed in:

1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.15

References

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-04/msg04147.html

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-8380

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3414-1

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-8380

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v3.0

Exploitability

Attack Vector

NetworkAV:N

Attack Complexity

LowAC:L

Privileges Required

NonePR:N

User Interaction

NoneUI:N

Scope

Scope

UnchangedS:U

Impact

Confidentiality

HighC:H

Integrity

HighI:H

Availability

HighA:H

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Upstream

Related

Ecosystems

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Timeline

PublishedAug 28, 2017

ModifiedSep 8, 2025

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