CVE-2017-9374

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: June 16, 2017 at 10:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:27 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorQEMU

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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%

Description

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

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v ≤ 2.8.1.1

References (8)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3920
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTPatchThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/06/06/3
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98905
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2392
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2408
x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1459132
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-401

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