VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2017-8086

Memory leak in the v9fs_list_xattr function in hw/9pfs/9p-xattr.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via vectors involving the orig_value variable.

MEDIUM 6.5EPSS 0.42%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.42%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

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: 0.42% probability · 36th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-772
Affected: qemu/qemu · debian/debian linux
Source: cve@mitre.org

References

http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4ffcdef4277a91af15a3c09f7d16af072c29f3f2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/04/25/5Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98012Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1444781Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-04/msg01636.htmlMailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-03Third Party Advisory
http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4ffcdef4277a91af15a3c09f7d16af072c29f3f2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/04/25/5Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98012Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1444781Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-04/msg01636.htmlMailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-03Third Party Advisory

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.