CVE-2017-7377
MEDIUM
6
CVSS Score
Published: April 10, 2017 at 03:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:24 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxQEMU
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Severity
MEDIUM6
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
Description
The (1) v9fs_create and (2) v9fs_lcreate functions in hw/9pfs/9p.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allow local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service (file descriptor or memory consumption) via vectors related to an already in-use fid.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (7)
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/04/03/2VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97319x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1437871Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_MLISTPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-03/msg05449.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-03CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- HIGH
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- CHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-772
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