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CVE-2017-15038
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.6
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2017-10-10T01:30:22.127 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:07:10.460

Summary

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.

Affected products

qemu — qemu

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References

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