CVE-2017-10664

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-08-02 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

qemu-nbd in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) does not ignore SIGPIPE, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) by disconnecting during a server-to-client reply attempt.

Affected products

Debian Linux: 8.0, 9.0
QEMU: through 2.9.1
RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop: 7.0
RedHat Enterprise Linux Eus: 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 7.7
RedHat Enterprise Linux Server: 7.0
RedHat Enterprise Linux Server Aus: 7.4, 7.6, 7.7
RedHat Enterprise Linux Server Tus: 7.4, 7.6, 7.7
RedHat Enterprise Linux Workstation: 7.0
OpenStack: 6.0, 7.0, 8, 9, 10, 11
RedHat Virtualization: 3.0, 4.0

References

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3920
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/06/29/1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99513
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2390
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2445
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3466
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3470
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3471
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3472
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3473
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3474
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1466190

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