Is CVE-2017-2615 being actively exploited?

CVE-2017-2615 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2017-2615?

CVE-2017-2615 has a CVSS 3.0 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2017-2615

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5EPSS 3.6%EU EUVD

Quick emulator (QEMU) built with the Cirrus CLGD 54xx VGA emulator support is vulnerable to an out-of-bounds access issue. It could occur while copying VGA data via bitblt copy in backward mode. A privileged user inside a guest could use this flaw to crash the QEMU process resulting in DoS or potentially execute arbitrary code on the host with privileges of QEMU process on the host.

Key facts

CVSS score: 5.5 (v3.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
Weakness (CWE): CWE-787
EPSS score: 3.6% (89th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2017-11776)
Published: July 3, 2018
NVD last modified: June 17, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2017-11776 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 5, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

citrix / xenserver
citrix / xenserver
citrix / xenserver
citrix / xenserver
citrix / xenserver
debian / debian linux
qemu / qemu
redhat / enterprise linux desktop
redhat / enterprise linux desktop
redhat / enterprise linux server
redhat / enterprise linux server
redhat / enterprise linux server aus
redhat / enterprise linux server aus
redhat / enterprise linux server eus
redhat / enterprise linux server eus
redhat / enterprise linux server eus
redhat / enterprise linux workstation
redhat / enterprise linux workstation
redhat / openstack
redhat / openstack
redhat / openstack
redhat / openstack
redhat / openstack
redhat / openstack
xen / xen
xen / xen
xen / xen
xen / xen
xen / xen

Certified products that may be affected

1 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified product, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.

Citrix XenServer ® 7.1 LTSR Enterprise Edition (CU2) - Citrix Systems, Inc. - Common Criteria 383-4-467 - archived

References

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0309.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0328.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0329.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0330.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0331.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0332.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0333.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0334.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0344.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0350.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0396.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0454.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/01/6(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95990(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037804(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2615(Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory)
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-02/msg00015.html(Patch, Third Party Advisory)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-27(Third Party Advisory)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-28(Third Party Advisory)
https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX220771(Third Party Advisory)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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