VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2017-9373

Memory leak in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator), when built with IDE AHCI Emulation support, allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by repeatedly hot-unplugging the AHCI device.

MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 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: 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS: 0.42% probability · 36th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-401
Affected: qemu/qemu · debian/debian linux
Source: cve@mitre.org

References

http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d68f0f778e7f4fbd674627274267f269e40f0b04
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3920Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/06/05/1Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98921Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2392Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2408Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1458270Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d68f0f778e7f4fbd674627274267f269e40f0b04
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3920Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/06/05/1Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98921Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2392Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2408Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1458270Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.htmlThird Party Advisory

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