CVE-2017-9373

Description

Memory leak in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator), when built with IDE AHCI Emulation support, allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by repeatedly hot-unplugging the AHCI device.

Category

5.5
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.05%
Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3920 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d68f0f778e7f4fbd674627274267f269e40f0b04
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html third party advisory mailing list
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98921 third party advisory vdb entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2392 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1458270 patch third party advisory issue tracking
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/06/05/1 patch mailing list third party advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2408 third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2017-9373?
CVE-2017-9373 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2017-9373?
To fix CVE-2017-9373, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2017-9373 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2017-9373 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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