CVE-2017-15038

Published Oct 10, 2017

Last updated 6 years ago

Overview

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.
Source
cve@mitre.org
NVD status
Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 3.0

Type
Primary
Base score
5.6
Impact score
4
Exploitability score
1.1
Vector string
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Severity
MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
1.9
Impact score
2.9
Exploitability score
3.4
Vector string
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
CWE-362

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

Configurations