vulnerability

Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2017-9310): QEMU vulnerabilities

Try Surface Command

Back to search

Severity

CVSS

(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

Published

Jun 8, 2017

Added

Sep 13, 2017

Modified

Mar 27, 2026

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.

Solutions

ubuntu-upgrade-qemu-systemubuntu-upgrade-qemu-system-aarch64ubuntu-upgrade-qemu-system-armubuntu-upgrade-qemu-system-mipsubuntu-upgrade-qemu-system-miscubuntu-upgrade-qemu-system-ppcubuntu-upgrade-qemu-system-s390xubuntu-upgrade-qemu-system-sparcubuntu-upgrade-qemu-system-x86

References

CVE-2017-9310
https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2017-9310
CWE-835
DEBIAN-DSA-3920
EUVD-EUVD-2017-18245
NVD-CVE-2017-9310
UBUNTU-USN-3414-1
UBUNTU-USN-3414-2
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2017-18245

Rapid7 Labs

2026 Global Threat Landscape Report

The predictive window has collapsed. Exploitation follows disclosure in days. See how attackers are accelerating and how to stay ahead.

Get report