CVE-2017-13711

7.5 HIGH

Published: September 01, 2017 Modified: May 13, 2026

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the sofree function in slirp/socket.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows attackers to cause a denial of service (QEMU instance crash) by leveraging failure to properly clear ifq_so from pending packets.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3991

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/08/29/6

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100534

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0816

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1104

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1113

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1486400

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-08/msg05201.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch Third Party Advisory

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3991