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CVE-2017-9524

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-9524 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the qemu-nbd server component of QEMU, affecting Debian Linux and QEMU itself. This flaw, rated High severity (CVSS 7.5), allows unauthenticated remote attackers to crash the server via a segmentation fault due to improper initialization within the nbd_negotiate function. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.9.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.09%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0409 is in the 82nd percentile among its peer group of 51,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 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 redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: qemu-kvm-10:1.5.3-126.el7_3.10
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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-10:2.6.0-28.el7_3.12
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: RHEV 3.X Hypervisor and Agents for RHEL-7Fixed in: qemu-kvm-rhev-10:2.6.0-28.el7_3.12
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redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5 (Icehouse)Fixed in: qemu-kvm-rhev

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-9524Moderate

Qemu: nbd: segmentation fault due to client non-negotiation

May 26, 2017

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017:1681
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017:1682
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017:2408
Third Party Advisory
lists.gnu.org / archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-05/msg06240.html
PatchThird Party Advisory
lists.gnu.org / archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-06/msg02321.html
PatchThird Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2017/dsa-3925
Third Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2017/06/12/1
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/99011
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry