CVE-2017-17381

MEDIUM

QEMU - DoS

Title source: llm

Description

The Virtio Vring implementation in QEMU allows local OS guest users to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and QEMU process crash) by unsetting vring alignment while updating Virtio rings.

References (5)

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/12/05/2

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102059

[Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory] https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-12/msg00166.html

[Third Party Advisory] https://usn.ubuntu.com/3575-1/

[Third Party Advisory] https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4213

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5

EPSS 0.0019

EPSS Percentile 40.0%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE

CWE-369

Status draft

Affected Products (6)

qemu/qemu < 2.10.2

qemu/qemu

debian/debian_linux

Timeline

Published Dec 07, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026