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QEMU VNC Server Denial of Service Vulnerability (Linux)

Information

Severity

Severity

High

Family

Family

Buffer overflow

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

8.5

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

14 years ago

Modified

Modified

5 years ago

Summary

This host is running QEMU and is prone to Denial of Service vulnerability.

Insight

Insight

Multiple use-after-free errors occur in 'vnc.c' in VNC server while processing malicious 'SetEncodings' messages sent via VNC client.

Affected Software

Affected Software

QEMU version 0.10.6 and prior on Linux.

Solution

Solution

Apply the available patches from the referenced repositories.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)