CWE Code: 787
Vulnerability Type: privilege_escalation
CVSS Score: 2.1
CWE Name:  Out-of-bounds Write
Summary: qemu (aka quick emulator) built to use 'address_space_translate' to map an address to a memoryregionsection is vulnerable to an oob r/w access issue. it could occur while doing pci_dma_read/write calls. affects qemu versions >= 1.6.0 and <= 2.3.1. a privileged user inside guest could use this flaw to crash the guest instance resulting in dos.
Access Authentication: NONE
Access Complexity: LOW
Access Vector: LOCAL
Impact (C/I/A): NONE/NONE/PARTIAL
Published Date: 2016-12-29
Last Modified Date: 2018-01-05