5.5
MEDIUM CVSS 3.1
CVE-2017-9375
QEMU USB xHCI Controller Denial of Service
Description

QEMU (aka Quick Emulator), when built with USB xHCI controller emulator support, allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service (infinite recursive call) via vectors involving control transfer descriptors sequencing.

INFO

Published Date :

June 16, 2017, 10:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

April 20, 2025, 1:37 a.m.

Remotely Exploit :

No
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2017-9375 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Qemu qemu
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 2.0 LOW [email protected]
CVSS 3.1 MEDIUM [email protected]
Solution
This vulnerability in QEMU can be fixed by updating to the latest patched version.
  • Update the QEMU packages to resolve the vulnerability.
  • Apply the latest vendor security patches.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2017-9375 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2017-9375 weaknesses.

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2017-9375 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2017-9375 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=96d87bdda3919bb16f754b3d3fd1227e1f38f13c
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3991
    Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/06/05/2
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98915
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2392
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2408
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1458744
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00021.html
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference MITRE http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=96d87bdda3919bb16f754b3d3fd1227e1f38f13c [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference MITRE http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=96d87bdda3919bb16f754b3d3fd1227e1f38f13c
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 10, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CVSS V3 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3991 No Types Assigned http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3991 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2392 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2392 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2408 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2408 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00021.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00021.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 2.8.1.1
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 03, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-20 CWE-835
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 20, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00021.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 05, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2408 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2392 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 04, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3991 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jun. 20, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=96d87bdda3919bb16f754b3d3fd1227e1f38f13c No Types Assigned http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=96d87bdda3919bb16f754b3d3fd1227e1f38f13c Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1458744 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1458744 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/06/05/2 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/06/05/2 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98915 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98915 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Added CWE CWE-20
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 5.5
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Base CVSS Score: 1.9
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.09 }} 0.07%

score

0.26973

percentile