CVE-2017-15119
8.6
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.6%
Description
The Network Block Device (NBD) server in Quick Emulator (QEMU) before 2.11 is vulnerable to a denial of service issue. It could occur if a client sent large option requests, making the server waste CPU time on reading up to 4GB per request. A client could use this flaw to keep the NBD server from serving other requests, resulting in DoS.
How to fix CVE-2017-15119
To remediate CVE-2017-15119, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/qemu—upgrade to 1:2.11+dfsg-1 or later
Is CVE-2017-15119 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.6%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 1:2.11+dfsg-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.6 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H |