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CVE-2017-15038 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:5.6 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html CVE
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-10/msg00729.html CVEMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3575-1/ CVE
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4213 CVE
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/10/06/1 CVEMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory

see all 10 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-362Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
qemu qemu
<= 2.9.1

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

8 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2017-15038
NVD Published Date:
Oct 10, 2017
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]