Vulnerability in Qemu
CVE-2017-9310
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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.6 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.003 (25.6th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 26th percentile — 25.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Qemu
- Debian Linux — versions 8.0, 9.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- git.qemu.org/
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/98766 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3920 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/31/1 (mailing-list, Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-03 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2392 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2408 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2017-9310?
- CVE-2017-9310 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Qemu, classified under Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop). CVSS score: 5.6/10. Published 2017-06-08.
- How severe is CVE-2017-9310?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.6 out of 10.