VulnerabilityModified
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 denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and QEMU process crash) by flushing an empty CDROM device drive.
MEDIUM 6.5EPSS 0.39%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.39%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.39% probability · 32th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-476
- Affected
- qemu/qemu · debian/debian linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3991Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/08/21/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100451Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-08/msg01850.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3991Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/08/21/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100451Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-08/msg01850.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.