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CVE-2017-9373

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CVE-2017-9373 describes a memory leak in QEMU's IDE AHCI Emulation, allowing local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service through repeated hot-unplugging of AHCI devices. This vulnerability affects various Debian and QEMU products. Rated Medium severity (CVSS 5.5), it requires local access and low privileges, leading to high availability impact due to memory consumption. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.8.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:2.9.0:rc0:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.42%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
34.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0042 is in the 89th percentile among its peer group of 15,940 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (10)

redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6.0 (Juno) for RHEL 7Fixed in: qemu-kvm-rhev-10:2.9.0-10.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 (Kilo) for RHEL 7Fixed in: qemu-kvm-rhev-10:2.9.0-10.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10.0 (Newton)Fixed in: qemu-kvm-rhev-10:2.9.0-10.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 11.0 (Ocata)Fixed in: qemu-kvm-rhev-10:2.9.0-10.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8.0 (Liberty)Fixed in: qemu-kvm-rhev-10:2.9.0-10.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9.0 (Mitaka)Fixed in: qemu-kvm-rhev-10:2.9.0-10.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Virtualization 4 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: qemu-kvm-rhev-10:2.9.0-14.el7
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redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: qemu-kvm
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 7Fixed in: qemu-kvm-rhev

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-9373Low

Qemu: ide: ahci host memory leakage during hotunplug

Mar 16, 2017

References

git.qemu.org
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017:2392
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017:2408
Third Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2017/dsa-3920
Third Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2017/06/05/1
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/98921
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry