{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ranges": [
        {
          "database_specific": {
            "versions": [
              {
                "introduced": "0"
              },
              {
                "last_affected": "2.8.1.1"
              }
            ]
          },
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "last_affected": "d1b725ee12539906b72777fde1f6c73c2273d806"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "30663fd26c0307e414622c7a8607fbc04f92ec14"
            }
          ],
          "repo": "https://github.com/qemu/qemu",
          "type": "GIT"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "details": "The disas_insn 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 by procmail. NOTE: the vendor has stated \"this bug does not violate any security guarantees QEMU makes.",
  "id": "CVE-2017-8284",
  "modified": "2026-03-13T21:53:37.844404901Z",
  "published": "2017-04-26T14:59:00.270Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1122"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://github.com/qemu/qemu/commit/30663fd26c0307e414622c7a8607fbc04f92ec14"
    }
  ],
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}