CVE-2017-5931
Publication date 27 March 2017
Last updated 25 August 2025
Ubuntu priority
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.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| qemu | ||
| 16.04 LTS xenial |
Not affected
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| 14.04 LTS trusty |
Not affected
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| qemu-kvm | ||
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
Severity score breakdown
CVSS version: CVSS v3.0
Base score
8.8 · High
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H