6.5

CVE-2017-17381: debian debian_linux Divide By Zero

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2017-17381DEBIAN-CVE-2017-17381
Published 06-12-2017Last modified 05-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-17381 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) Divide By Zero vulnerability in debian debian_linux. EPSS estimates a 0.41% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 35.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 6.5, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
6.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.41%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 4 · Related 3
DSA-4213-1SUSE-SU-2018:0762-1SUSE-SU-2018:0831-1USN-3575-1

Timeline

  1. 06-12-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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 metrics

5 scores · 3 sources · 3 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.41%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

35%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.41% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Debian2 products
Qemu1 product
  • qemu≤ 2.10.2 | 2.11.0:rc0 | 2.11.0:rc1 | 2.11.0:rc2 | 2.11.0:rc3
Ubuntu1 product
  • qemu< 1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.22

3 vendors · 4 products

References

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