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CVE-2017-15119
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2018-07-27T16:29:00.350 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:07:16.963

Summary

The Network Block Device (NBD) server in Quick Emulator (QEMU) before 2.11 is vulnerable to a denial of service issue. It could occur if a client sent large option requests, making the server waste CPU time on reading up to 4GB per request. A client could use this flaw to keep the NBD server from serving other requests, resulting in DoS.

Affected products

qemu — qemu

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References

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