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.
CVE-2017-13672
Score 5.5 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2022-05-13. NVD baseline CVSS 5.5; sources differ by 0.0.
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 5.5
- EG Score
- 5.5(medium)
- EG Risk
- 45(Track)EG Risk 45/100SSVC: Track
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity55% × 45%Exploitation40% × 40%Automatability30% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS
- 57.7%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
September 1, 2017
Last Modified
May 13, 2026
References (22)
- cve@mitrehttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-03/msg00042.html
- cve@mitrehttp://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3991
- cve@mitrehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/08/30/3
- cve@mitrehttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100540
- cve@mitrehttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0816
- cve@mitrehttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1104
- cve@mitrehttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1113
- cve@mitrehttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2162
- cve@mitrehttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1486560
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-08/msg04684.html
- cve@mitrehttps://usn.ubuntu.com/3575-1/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-03/msg00042.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3991
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/08/30/3
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100540
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2017-13672(3)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
- RHSA-2018:2162Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: qemu-kvm security update
- RHSA-2018:1113Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: qemu-kvm-rhev security and bug fix update
- RHSA-2018:1104Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: qemu-kvm-rhev security, bug fix, and enhancement update
Patch Availability(4)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | qemu-utils (1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.22) @ xenial | 2026-05-22 | ubuntu |
| redhat | qemu-kvm-2:0.12.1.2-2.506.el6_10.1 | 2018-07-10 | redhat |
| redhat | qemu-kvm-rhev-10:2.10.0-21.el7 | 2018-04-11 | redhat |
| redhat | qemu-kvm-10:1.5.3-156.el7 | 2018-04-10 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
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Publicly available exploits
(1 reference)Working exploit code is in the public domain (1 GitHub PoC). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.
- GitHub PoCDavidBuchanan314/CVE-2017-13672First seen Dec 22, 2017
POCs for CVE-2017-13672 (OOB read in VGA Cirrus QEMU driver, causing DoS)
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