High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Mar 27, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-5931
CVE-2017-5931
Description
Integer overflow in hw/virtio/virtio-crypto.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service (QEMU process crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code on the host via a crafted virtio-crypto request, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
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References
6- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/08/2nvdMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-01/msg01368.htmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/96141nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-28nvdThird Party Advisory
- git.qemu-project.orgnvd
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