Out-of-bounds read in QEMU - CVE-2017-11334

 

Out-of-bounds read in QEMU - CVE-2017-11334

Published: May 10, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU12552
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-11334
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Adjecent network
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: QEMU
Affected software:
QEMU

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows an adjacent authenticated attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The weakness exists due to out-of-bounds read. An adjacent attacker can cause the service to crash by leveraging use of qemu_map_ram_ptr to access guest ram block area.

How to mitigate CVE-2017-11334

Install update from vendor's website.

Sources