CVE-2017-2630

HighCVSS 8.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

A stack buffer overflow flaw was found in the Quick Emulator (QEMU) before 2.9 built with the Network Block Device (NBD) client support. The flaw could occur while processing server's response to a 'NBD_OPT_LIST' request. A malicious NBD server could use this issue to crash a remote NBD client resulting in DoS or potentially execute arbitrary code on client host with privileges of the QEMU process.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 8.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-121 CWE-119

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
QEMU	Qemu:	2.9

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/15/2Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96265Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2392Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1422415
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2630Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/qemu/qemu/commit/2563c9c6b8670400c48e562034b321a7cf3d9a85
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-02/msg01246.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201704-01Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/15/2Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96265Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2392Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1422415
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2630Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/qemu/qemu/commit/2563c9c6b8670400c48e562034b321a7cf3d9a85
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-02/msg01246.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201704-01Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Jul 27, 2018
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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