CVE-2017-18030: Debian Linux

Medium severity, CVSS 4.4. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The cirrus_invalidate_region function in hw/display/cirrus_vga.c in Qemu allows local OS guest privileged users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds array access and QEMU process crash) via vectors related to negative pitch.

Affected products

  • Debian Debian Linux: version 8.0 only
  • Qemu Qemu: up to and including 2.8.1.1

Published 2018-01-23. Last modified 2026-06-17.