# CVE-2018-7858: Quick Emulator (aka QEMU), when built with the Cirrus CLGD 54xx VGA Emulator support, allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a deni

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2018-03-12 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Quick Emulator (aka QEMU), when built with the Cirrus CLGD 54xx VGA Emulator support, allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds access and QEMU process crash) by leveraging incorrect region calculation when updating VGA display.

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## References

- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2162
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1553402
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1369
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3649-1/
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1416
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103350
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/03/09/1
- https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2018-03/msg02174.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-03/msg00042.html

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