Use-after-free error in QEMU - CVE-2017-13711
Published: April 11, 2018 / Updated: April 13, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU11819
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-13711
CWE-ID: CWE-416
Exploitation vector: Adjecent network
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: QEMU
Affected software:
QEMU
QEMU
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows an adjacent attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists in the Slirp networking implementation due to use-after-free error when a Socket referenced from multiple packets is freed while responding to a message. An adjacent attacker can cause the service to crash.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-13711
Install update from vendor's website.