CVE-2017-9373medium
Description
Memory leak in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator), when built with IDE AHCI Emulation support, allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by repeatedly hot-unplugging the AHCI device.
References
http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=d68f0f778e7f4fbd674627274267f269e40f0b04
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3920
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/06/05/1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98921
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2392
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2408
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1458270
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html
Details
Source: MITRE
Published: 2017-06-16
Updated: 2020-11-10
Type: CWE-401
Risk Information
CVSS v2
Base Score: 1.9
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Impact Score: 2.9
Exploitability Score: 3.4
Severity: LOW
CVSS v3
Base Score: 5.5
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Impact Score: 3.6
Exploitability Score: 1.8
Severity: MEDIUM