CVE-2017-5579
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Mar 15, 2017
- Updated
- Aug 5, 2024
- Reserved
- Jan 25, 2017
Description
Memory leak in the serial_exit_core function in hw/char/serial.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service (host memory consumption and QEMU process crash) via a large number of device unplug operations.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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n/an/a |
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References
- [debian-lts-announce] 20180906 [SECURITY] [DLA 1497-1] qemu security updatemailing-list
- [oss-security] 20170124 CVE request Qemu: serial: host memory leakage in 16550A UART emulationmailing-list
- RHSA-2017:2392vendor-advisory
- GLSA-201702-28vendor-advisory
- 95780vdb-entry
- http://git.qemu-project.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8409dc884a201bf74b30a9d232b6bbdd00cb7e2b
- [oss-security] 20170125 Re: CVE request Qemu: serial: host memory leakage in 16550A UART emulationmailing-list
- RHSA-2017:2408vendor-advisory
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