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.
Metrics
CVSS 3.1 5.6/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:HWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=4154c7e03fa55b4cf52509a83d50d6c09d743b7
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3920Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/31/1Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98766Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2392Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2408Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1452620Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-03Third Party Advisory
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=4154c7e03fa55b4cf52509a83d50d6c09d743b7
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3920Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/31/1Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98766Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2392Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2408Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1452620Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-03Third Party Advisory
Timeline
- Published
- Jun 8, 2017
- Last modified
- Jun 17, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified