CVE-2017-13672: n/a vulnerability

CVE-2017-13672: QEMU (aka Quick Emulator), when built with the VGA display emulator support, allows local guest OS privileg...

QEMU (aka Quick Emulator), when built with the VGA display emulator support, allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and QEMU process crash) via vectors involving display update.

UnknownCVSS not scoredNot KEV-listedUpdatedAug 5, 2024, 19:05 UTC (UTC+00:00)

Security readout for executives and security teams

CVE-2017-13672 is an availability flaw in QEMU's VGA display emulation. A privileged user inside a guest operating system could trigger an out-of-bounds read during display updates, causing the QEMU process to crash. The practical business impact is possible VM outage, especially where guest administrators are not fully trusted. Exposure is most likely on virtualization hosts running QEMU with VGA display emulation enabled. Risk matters most where tenants, developers, customers, or other less-trusted users have privileged access inside guest VMs. The provided bundle does not list exact affected QEMU versions. Treat this as a targeted availability risk for QEMU-based virtualization rather than an internet-facing emergency. Patch during normal security maintenance, faster for multi-tenant or untrusted guest environments where a guest administrator could intentionally crash VM service. Mitigation focus: Apply QEMU updates from the relevant vendor advisory for your distribution.; Check Debian, Ubuntu, Red Hat, and SUSE advisories if using their QEMU packages.; Review whether VGA display emulation is required for affected guest profiles..

Prepared: Jun 12, 2026, 21:19 UTC (UTC+00:00)

Generated from the cited source records. This long-tail analysis has not been individually reviewed by a named human.

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Vulnerability profileCVE Program record

Severity: Unknown
CVSS: Not scored
Known Exploited: No
Published: Sep 1, 2017, 13:00 UTC (UTC+00:00)

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Source materials

CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
RHSA-2018:2162CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
[qemu-devel] 20170824 [PATCH] vga: stop passing pointers to vga_draw_line* functionsCVE reference · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
RHSA-2018:0816CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
RHSA-2018:1104CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
RHSA-2018:1113CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
USN-3575-1CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1486560CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM

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