CVE-2017-9310

MEDIUM

QEMU - DoS

Title source: llm

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)

[Patch] http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=4154c7e03fa55b4cf52509a83d50d6c09d743b7

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3920

[Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/31/1

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98766

[Third Party Advisory] https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2392

[Third Party Advisory] https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2408

[Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1452620

[Third Party Advisory] https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-03

Scores

CVSS v3 5.6

EPSS 0.0009

EPSS Percentile 25.9%

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 (4)

qemu/qemu < 2.8.1.1

debian/debian_linux

debian/debian_linux

n/a/n/a

Published Jun 08, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026