CVE-2017-9310 Information

Description

QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) when built with the e1000e NIC emulation support allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via vectors related to setting the initial receive / transmit descriptor head (TDH/RDH) outside the allocated descriptor buffer.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Reference

http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commitdiff;h=4154c7e03fa55b4cf52509a83d50d6c09d743b7 http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3920 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/31/1 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98766 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2392 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2408 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1452620 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-03

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

CHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

5.6