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.

CVSS v3.0 5.5 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 1.9 LOW

5.5^/10

CVSS v3.0 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

1.9^/10

CVSS v2.0 : LOW

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

Exploitability : 3.4 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

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

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:2.9.0:rc0::::::

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:::::::*

Information

Published : 2017-06-16 15:29

Updated : 2020-11-10 10:34

NVD link : CVE-2017-9373

Mitre link : CVE-2017-9373

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-401

Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

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Products Affected

debian

debian_linux

qemu

qemu

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