CVE-2017-9373

MEDIUM

QEMU - DoS

Title source: llm

Description

Memory leak in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator), when built with IDE AHCI Emulation support, allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by repeatedly hot-unplugging the AHCI device.

References (8)

[Patch] http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d68f0f778e7f4fbd674627274267f269e40f0b04

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

[Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/06/05/1

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98921

[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=1458270

[Third Party Advisory] https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0010

EPSS Percentile 27.6%

Attack Vector LOCAL

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

Details

CWE

CWE-401

Status published

Products (5)

qemu/qemu < 2.8.1.1

qemu/qemu

debian/debian_linux

n/a/n/a

Published Jun 16, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026