UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12809

Advisory lineage Upstream: 1 Downstream: 1
Upstream
CVE-2017-12809
Downstream
USN-3414-1
Published: 23 Aug 2017, 00:00
Last modified:04 Feb 2026, 03:32

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
26/100
CVSS Score
6.5 MEDIUM
3.1 (osv_ubuntu)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

23 Aug 2017, 00:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
04 Feb 2026, 03:32
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

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 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
  • v3.0•MEDIUM•Score: 6.5CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Systems

  • ubuntu•qemu

    < 1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.15

References (4)