What is CVE-2017-15289?

CVE-2017-15289 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Qemu, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 6.0/10. Published 2017-10-16.

How severe is CVE-2017-15289?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.0 out of 10.

Is CVE-2017-15289 known to be exploited?

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

Buffer overflow in Qemu

CVE-2017-15289

The mode4and5 write functions in hw/display/cirrus_vga.c in Qemu allow local OS guest privileged users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write access and Qemu process crash) via vectors related to dst calculation.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2017-10-16 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.0 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (37.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 38th percentile — 37.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Qemu

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cvemon

References

access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0516 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3473 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html (mailing-list, Third Party Advisory)
www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4213 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/101262 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/10/12/16 (mailing-list, Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3470 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3472 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3474 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-15289?: CVE-2017-15289 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Qemu, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 6.0/10. Published 2017-10-16.
How severe is CVE-2017-15289?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.0 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-15289 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.