CVE-2017-12809
qemu - security update
6.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.07%
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.
How to fix CVE-2017-12809
To remediate CVE-2017-12809, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/qemu—upgrade to 1:2.10.0-1 or later
- —upgrade to 1:2.8+dfsg-6+deb9u3 or later
Is CVE-2017-12809 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 1:2.10.0-1
- from 0, < 1:2.8+dfsg-6+deb9u3
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H |