CVE-2017-12809

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    CVE-2017-12809

    Published: 23 Aug 2017Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3991, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/08/21/2, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100451, https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-08/msg01850.html

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    2.10.0-rc0
    2.10.0-rc1
    2.10.0-rc2

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High