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CVE-2017-12809

QEMU (aka Quick Emulator), when built with the IDE disk and CD/DVD-ROM Emulator support, allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a…

Published 9 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
6.5
v3.1 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
0.4%
percentile 33%
Public exploits
0
none known

QEMU (aka Quick Emulator), when built with the IDE disk and CD/DVD-ROM Emulator support, allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and QEMU process crash) by flushing an empty CDROM device drive.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.39% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 33% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.16.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD2.02.1AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness

References

  • debian.org /security/2017/dsa-3991 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN, x_transferred
  • lists.gnu.org /archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-08/msg01850.html · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/100451 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • openwall.com /lists/oss-security/2017/08/21/2 · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred

Sources

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