Code injection

DISPUTED The disasinsn function in target/i386/translate.c in QEMU before 2.9.0, when TCG mode without hardware acceleration is used, does not limit the instruction size, which allows local users to gain privileges by creating a modified basic block that injects code into a setuid program, as...

CVE-2017-8284

The disasinsn function in target/i386/translate.c in QEMU before 2.9.0, when TCG mode without hardware acceleration is used, does not limit the instruction size, which allows local users to gain privileges by creating a modified basic block that injects code into a setuid program, as demonstrated...

CVE-2017-8284

CVE-2017-8284 affects QEMU prior to 2.9.0. The vulnerable component is the disas_insn function in target/i386/translate.c, which in TCG mode without hardware acceleration does not limit instruction size. This can enable a local user to gain privileges by creating a modified basic block that injec...