CVE details
CVE-2017-2630
A stack buffer overflow flaw was found in the Quick Emulator (QEMU) before 2.9 built with the Network Block Device (NBD) client support. The flaw could occur while processing server's response to a 'NBD_OPT_LIST' request. A malicious NBD server could use this issue to crash a remote NBD client resulting in DoS or potentially execute arbitrary code on client host with privileges of the QEMU process.
Affected ports (1)
| Port | Package | Version | Status | Maintainer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| emulators/qemu-cheri | qemu-cheri | 0.d20260108 | unaddressed | brooks@FreeBSD.org |
Template for a VuXML entry
Range taken from the CVE record, check it before committing. make newentry in security/vuxml creates the vid.
<vuln vid="FIXME (make newentry)">
<topic>FIXME -- FIXME</topic>
<affects>
<package>
<name>qemu-cheri</name>
<range><lt>2.9</lt></range>
</package>
</affects>
<description>
<body xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<p>A stack buffer overflow flaw was found in the Quick Emulator (QEMU)
before 2.9 built with the Network Block Device (NBD) client support.
The flaw could occur while processing server's response to a
'NBD_OPT_LIST' request. A malicious NBD server could use this issue to
crash a remote NBD client resulting in DoS or potentially execute
arbitrary code on client host with privileges of the QEMU process.</p>
</body>
</description>
<references>
<cvename>CVE-2017-2630</cvename>
<url>https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-2630</url>
</references>
<dates>
<discovery>2018-07-27</discovery>
<entry>2026-10-25</entry>
</dates>
</vuln>