CVE-2017-14167

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-09-08 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-190

Description

Integer overflow in the load_multiboot function in hw/i386/multiboot.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the host via crafted multiboot header address values, which trigger an out-of-bounds write.

Affected products

Debian Linux: 8.0, 9.0
QEMU: through 2.10.2

References

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3991
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/09/07/2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100694
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3368
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3369
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3466
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3470
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3471
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3472
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3473
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3474
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html

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