CVE-2017-11434

Qemu: slirp: out-of-bounds read while parsing dhcp options

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

4.3

CVSS 3.0

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Published · July 17, 2017

Updated · May 13, 2026

Description

The dhcp_decode function in slirp/bootp.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and QEMU process crash) via a crafted DHCP options string.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 4.3
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

CVSS 2.0 · 2.9
AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds Read