CVE-2017-8086

Description

Memory leak in the v9fs_list_xattr function in hw/9pfs/9p-xattr.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via vectors involving the orig_value variable.

Risk Information

Base Score

6.5

MODERATE

Vector

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

EPSS Score

Exploitation Probability

0.076

Associated Vulnerability

Vulnerability	OS Platform
Multiple Vulnerabilities are affected in QEMU 2.9.0	Windows
Machine emulator and virtualizer (USN-3289-1) qemu-system_2.8+dfsg-3ubuntu2.2_i386.deb	Linux
Machine emulator and virtualizer (USN-3289-1) qemu-system_2.8+dfsg-3ubuntu2.2_amd64.deb	Linux
Machine emulator and virtualizer (USN-3289-1) qemu-system_2.6.1+dfsg-0ubuntu5.5_i386.deb	Linux
Machine emulator and virtualizer (USN-3289-1) qemu-system_2.6.1+dfsg-0ubuntu5.5_amd64.deb	Linux

Patch Details

No records found

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234