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CVE-2018-5683 Qemu: Out-of-bounds read in vga_draw_text routine
From: P J P <ppandit () redhat com>
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2018 23:34:52 +0530 (IST)
Hello,Quick Emulator(QEMU) built with the VGA emulator support is vulnerable to an out-of-bounds access issue in vga_draw_text. It could occur while updating vga display area.
A privileged user inside guest could use this flaw to crash the Qemu process resulting in DoS.
Upstream patch: --------------- -> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2018-01/msg02131.html This issue was reported by Jiang Xin of Huawei.com. Thank you. -- Prasad J Pandit / Red Hat Product Security Team 47AF CE69 3A90 54AA 9045 1053 DD13 3D32 FE5B 041F
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