CWE Code: 119
Vulnerability Type: privilege_escalation
CVSS Score: 9.0
CWE Name:  Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
Summary: a heap buffer overflow flaw was found in qemu's cirrus clgd 54xx vga emulator's vnc display driver support before 2.9; the issue could occur when a vnc client attempted to update its display after a vga operation is performed by a guest. a privileged user/process inside a guest could use this flaw to crash the qemu process or, potentially, execute arbitrary code on the host with privileges of the qemu process.
Access Authentication: SINGLE
Access Complexity: LOW
Access Vector: NETWORK
Impact (C/I/A): COMPLETE/COMPLETE/COMPLETE
Published Date: 2018-07-27
Last Modified Date: 2018-09-07