CVE-2017-9310

Publication date 8 June 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

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.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
qemu-kvm	17.04 zesty	Not in release
	16.10 yakkety	Not in release
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not in release
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
qemu	17.04 zesty	Fixed 1:2.8+dfsg-3ubuntu2.4
	16.10 yakkety	Ignored end of life
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not affected

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
qemu	Upstream: https://git.qemu.org/gitweb.cgi?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=4154c7e03fa55b4cf52509a83d50d6c09d743b7

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	5.6 · Medium
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	High
Privileges required	Low
User interaction	None
Scope	Changed
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVE-2017-9310

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

Status

Patch details

Severity score breakdown

References

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