Description
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.
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Remediation
No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.
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Tracking
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
Debian DSA |
DSA-3991-1 | qemu security update |
EUVD |
EUVD-2017-4346 | 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. |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-3414-1 | QEMU vulnerabilities |
References
History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-05T18:51:07.135Z
Reserved: 2017-08-11T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2017-12809
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Status : Modified
Published: 2017-08-23T16:29:00.210
Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033
Link: CVE-2017-12809
OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses
Debian DSA
EUVD
Ubuntu USN