CVE-2017-6058 in QEMU

Prediction

by VulDB Data Team • 09/02/2020

A weakness has been identified in QEMU. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Vmware VMXNET3 NIC Support. Executing a manipulation of the argument eth_buf as part of VLAN Header can lead to out-of-bounds read. The attack may be launched remotely. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.

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• Reservation: 02/17/2017
• Disclosure: 03/20/2017
• Moderation: accepted
• Entry: VDB-97115
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-125 (confirmed)
• CVSS: 7.5 (NVD)
• EPSS: 0.03918
• KEV: no
• Activities: very low
• Sector: Chemical, Finance, ...

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-6058
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6058
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2017-6058/