CVE-2017-17381
The Virtio Vring implementation in QEMU allows local OS guest users to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and QEMU process crash) by unsetting vring alignment while updating Virtio rings.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.41%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The Virtio Vring implementation in QEMU allows local OS guest users to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and QEMU process crash) by unsetting vring alignment while updating Virtio rings.
- 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
- 0.41% probability · 35th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-369
- Affected
- qemu/qemu · debian/debian linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 0.4% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/12/05/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102059Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-12/msg00166.htmlIssue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3575-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4213Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/12/05/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102059Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-12/msg00166.htmlIssue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3575-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4213Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.