CVE-2017-8379
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- May 23, 2017
- Updated
- Aug 5, 2024
- Reserved
- Apr 30, 2017
Description
Memory leak in the keyboard input event handlers support in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service (host memory consumption) by rapidly generating large keyboard events.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- [debian-lts-announce] 20180906 [SECURITY] [DLA 1497-1] qemu security updatemailing-list
- [qemu-devel] 20170428 [PATCH] input: limit kbd queue depthmailing-list
- GLSA-201706-03vendor-advisory
- [oss-security] 20170503 CVE-2017-8379 Qemu: input: host memory lekage via keyboardmailing-list
- RHSA-2017:2408vendor-advisory
- 98277vdb-entry
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