Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Aug 23, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026
CVE-2017-12809
CVE-2017-12809
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.
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
4- lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-08/msg01850.htmlnvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3991nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/08/21/2nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/100451nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
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