What is CVE-2017-13672?

CVE-2017-13672 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Qemu, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-09-01.

How severe is CVE-2017-13672?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2017-13672 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Out-of-bounds Read in Qemu

CVE-2017-13672

QEMU (aka Quick Emulator), when built with the VGA display emulator support, allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and QEMU process crash) via vectors involving display update.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2017-09-01 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.010 (59.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 60th percentile — 59.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Qemu
Debian Linux — versions 9.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2162 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-08/msg04684.html (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list, Patch)
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0816 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3991 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1104 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1113 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
usn.ubuntu.com/3575-1/ (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/100540 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/08/30/3 (mailing-list, Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-13672?: CVE-2017-13672 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Qemu, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-09-01.
How severe is CVE-2017-13672?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-13672 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.