Medium severity · published Oct 10, 2017
CVE-2017-15038
Race condition in the v9fs_xattrwalk function in hw/9pfs/9p.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS users to obtain sensitive information from host heap memory via…
5.6
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Race condition in the v9fs_xattrwalk function in hw/9pfs/9p.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS users to obtain sensitive information from host heap memory via vectors related to reading extended attributes.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
High
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 20% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
QE
Qemu · Qemu
through 2.9.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-15038
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-15038
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/10/06/1
lists.debian.org
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html
Mailing List
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-10/msg00729.html
usn.ubuntu.com
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3575-1/
www.debian.org
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4213
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