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CVE-2017-12809

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Published: Aug 23, 2017Modified: May 13, 2026

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6.5
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Exploitability: 2.0 / Impact: 4.0
Source: NVD

Description

QEMU (aka Quick Emulator), when built with the IDE disk and CD/DVD-ROM Emulator support, allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and QEMU process crash) by flushing an empty CDROM device drive.

Affected (5)

Products: Qemu: Qemu · Debian: Debian Linux
Qemu
1 product
Qemu
Debian
1 product
Debian Linux
Configuration A
4 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Qemu
Qemu
Up to 2.9.1
Qemu
Version 2.10.0 rc0
Qemu
Version 2.10.0 rc1
Qemu
Version 2.10.0 rc2
Configuration B
1 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Debian Linux
Version 9.0

Related CWEs

CWE-476
NULL Pointer Dereference
The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.

References (8)

Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
Source: cve@mitre.org
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: cve@mitre.org
PatchThird Party Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
PatchThird Party Advisory

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