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	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
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

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

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 5.6 · Medium

Base metrics

Parameter	Value
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	High
Privileges required	Low
User interaction	None
Scope	Changed
Confidentiality impact	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High

Scores

Parameter	Value
Base score	5.6 · Medium
Exploitability score	-
Impact score	-

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-3414-1
QEMU vulnerabilities
13 September 2017

Other references

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-9310