CVE-2017-2630
MEDIUMQEMU < 2.9 - Stack Buffer Overflow via NBD_OPT_LIST Response Processing
Title source: llmDescription
A stack buffer overflow flaw was found in the Quick Emulator (QEMU) before 2.9 built with the Network Block Device (NBD) client support. The flaw could occur while processing server's response to a 'NBD_OPT_LIST' request. A malicious NBD server could use this issue to crash a remote NBD client resulting in DoS or potentially execute arbitrary code on client host with privileges of the QEMU process.
References (8)
Core 8
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2392
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96265
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201704-01
Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/15/2
Patch, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-02/msg01246.html
Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2630
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1422415
Patch x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/qemu/qemu/commit/2563c9c6b8670400c48e562034b321a7cf3d9a85
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0113
EPSS Percentile
78.6%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
Details
CWE
CWE-119
CWE-121
Status
published
Products (1)
qemu/qemu
< 2.9
Published
Jul 27, 2018
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026