CVE-2017-8086

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 11
Modified
Published: 02 May 2017, 14:00
Last modified:05 Aug 2024, 16:27

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
26/100
CVSS Score
6.5 MEDIUM
v3.1 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.08% LOW
0% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

02 May 2017, 14:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
05 Aug 2024, 16:27
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 6.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 4.9AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.08%• Percentile: 23%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-772•Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

    The product does not release a resource after its effective lifetime has ended, i.e., after the resource is no longer needed.

Affected Systems

  • debian•debian_linux

    8.0

  • qemu•qemu

    ≤ 2.8.1 | 2.9.0:rc0 | 2.9.0:rc1 | 2.9.0:rc2 | 2.9.0:rc3

References (7)