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.

CVSS v3.0 6.5 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 2.1 LOW

6.5^/10

CVSS v3.0 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.0 / Impact : 4.0

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope CHANGED

2.1^/10

CVSS v2.0 : LOW

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-08/msg01850.html	Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/08/21/2	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100451	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3991	Third Party Advisory

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:2.10.0:rc0::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:2.10.0:rc1::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:2.10.0:rc2::::::

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2017-08-23 09:29

Updated : 2020-11-10 10:41

NVD link : CVE-2017-12809

Mitre link : CVE-2017-12809

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-476

NULL Pointer Dereference

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Products Affected

debian

debian_linux

qemu

qemu

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