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Vulnerability Details : CVE-2017-12809

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.
Publish Date : 2017-08-23 Last Update Date : 2017-11-03
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- CVSS Scores & Vulnerability Types

CVSS Score
2.1
Confidentiality Impact None (There is no impact to the confidentiality of the system.)
Integrity Impact None (There is no impact to the integrity of the system)
Availability Impact Partial (There is reduced performance or interruptions in resource availability.)
Access Complexity Low (Specialized access conditions or extenuating circumstances do not exist. Very little knowledge or skill is required to exploit. )
Authentication Not required (Authentication is not required to exploit the vulnerability.)
Gained Access None
Vulnerability Type(s) Denial Of Service
CWE ID 476

- Products Affected By CVE-2017-12809

# Product Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language
1 Application Qemu Qemu Version Details Vulnerabilities

- Number Of Affected Versions By Product

Vendor Product Vulnerable Versions
Qemu Qemu 1

- References For CVE-2017-12809

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-08/msg01850.html
MLIST [qemu-devel] 20170809 [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/2] IDE: Do not flush empty CDROM drives
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100451
BID 100451 Qemu CVE-2017-12809 Null Pointer Dereference Denial of Service Vulnerability Release Date:2017-10-04
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3991
DEBIAN DSA-3991
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/08/21/2
MLIST [oss-security] 20170821 CVE-2017-12809 Qemu: ide: flushing of empty CDROM drives leads to NULL dereference

- Metasploit Modules Related To CVE-2017-12809

There are not any metasploit modules related to this CVE entry (Please visit www.metasploit.com for more information)
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