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CVE-2017-11434

medium

Description

The dhcp_decode function in slirp/bootp.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and QEMU process crash) via a crafted DHCP options string.

References

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-07/msg05001.html

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1472611

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99923

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/07/19/2

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3925

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-07-25

Updated: 2025-04-20

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00052