CVE-2017-12809

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3414-2

Severity Score

6.5

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

QEMU (también conocido como Quick Emulator), cuando se integra con el disco IDE y soporte para CD/DVD-ROM Emulator, permite que usuarios con privilegios de sistema operativo invitado local provoquen una denegación de servicio (desreferencia de puntero NULL y bloqueo del proceso QEMU) al vaciar una unidad de dispositivo CDROM vacía.

USN-3414-1 fixed vulnerabilities in QEMU. The patch backport for CVE-2017-9375 was incomplete and caused a regression in the USB xHCI controller emulation support. This update fixes the problem. Leo Gaspard discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled VirtFS access control. A guest attacker could use this issue to elevate privileges inside the guest. Li Qiang discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled VMWare PVSCSI emulation. A privileged attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to consume resources or crash, resulting in a denial of service. Various other issues were also addressed.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2017-08-11 CVE Reserved
2017-08-23 CVE Published
2024-08-05 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference

CAPEC

References (4)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/08/21/2	Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100451	Third Party Advisory

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-08/msg01850.html	2020-11-10

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3991	2020-11-10

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Qemu Search vendor "Qemu"		Qemu Search vendor "Qemu" for product "Qemu"				<= 2.9.1 Search vendor "Qemu" for product "Qemu" and version " <= 2.9.1"		-		Affected
Qemu Search vendor "Qemu"		Qemu Search vendor "Qemu" for product "Qemu"				2.10.0 Search vendor "Qemu" for product "Qemu" and version "2.10.0"		rc0		Affected
Qemu Search vendor "Qemu"		Qemu Search vendor "Qemu" for product "Qemu"				2.10.0 Search vendor "Qemu" for product "Qemu" and version "2.10.0"		rc1		Affected
Qemu Search vendor "Qemu"		Qemu Search vendor "Qemu" for product "Qemu"				2.10.0 Search vendor "Qemu" for product "Qemu" and version "2.10.0"		rc2		Affected
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux"				9.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "9.0"		-		Affected