CVE-2017-9310

MEDIUM

QEMU < 2.8.1.1 - Denial of Service via e1000e NIC Descriptor Buffer Handling

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

QEMU (aka Quick Emulator), when built with the e1000e NIC emulation support, allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via vectors related to setting the initial receive / transmit descriptor head (TDH/RDH) outside the allocated descriptor buffer.

References (8)

Core 8
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98766
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3920
Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/31/1
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-03
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2392
Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1452620
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2408

Scores

CVSS v3 5.6
EPSS 0.0009
EPSS Percentile 25.8%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-835
Status published
Products (3)
debian/debian_linux 8.0
debian/debian_linux 9.0
qemu/qemu < 2.8.1.1
Published Jun 08, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026