Medium severity5.6NVD Advisory· Published Jun 8, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2017-9310

Description

QEMU (aka Quick Emulator), when built with the e1000e NIC emulation support, allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via vectors related to setting the initial receive / transmit descriptor head (TDH/RDH) outside the allocated descriptor buffer.

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Affected products

QEMU/Qemu
cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <=2.8.1.1
Debian/linux2 versions
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

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References

www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/31/1nvdMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3920nvdThird Party Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/98766nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2392nvdThird Party Advisory
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2408nvdThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-03nvdThird Party Advisory
git.qemu.orgnvd

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