CVE-2017-10806

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2017-10806  

Stack-based buffer overflow in hw/usb/redirect.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (QEMU process crash) via vectors related to logging debug messages.

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Stack-based buffer overflow in hw/usb/redirect.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (QEMU process crash) via vectors related to logging debug messages.

Find out more about CVE-2017-10806 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 2.9
Base Metrics AV:A/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Adjacent Network
Access Complexity High
Authentication Single
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial

CVSS v3 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS3 Base Score 4
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L
Attack Vector Adjacent Network
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required High
User Interaction None
Scope Changed
Confidentiality None
Integrity Impact Low
Availability Impact Low

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Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9.0 qemu-kvm-rhev Will not fix
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8.0 (Liberty) qemu-kvm-rhev Will not fix
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 11.0 (Ocata) qemu-kvm-rhev Will not fix
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 qemu-kvm-rhev Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 (Kilo) for RHEL 7 qemu-kvm-rhev Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6.0 (Juno) for RHEL 7 qemu-kvm-rhev Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) qemu-kvm-rhev Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 qemu-kvm-rhev Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 qemu-kvm Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 qemu-kvm Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 qemu-kvm-rhev Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 kvm Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 xen Not affected

Acknowledgements

Red Hat would like to thank Li Qiang (Qihoo 360 Gear Team) for reporting this issue.