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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2017-15124

VNC server implementation in Quick Emulator (QEMU) 2.11.0 and older was found to be vulnerable to an unbounded memory allocation issue, as it did not throttle the framebuffer updates sent to its client.

HIGH 7.5EPSS 2.84%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.84%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

VNC server implementation in Quick Emulator (QEMU) 2.11.0 and older was found to be vulnerable to an unbounded memory allocation issue, as it did not throttle the framebuffer updates sent to its client. If the client did not consume these updates, VNC server allocates growing memory to hold onto this data. A malicious remote VNC client could use this flaw to cause DoS to the server host.

CVSS 3.0
7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
2.84% probability · 87th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-770, CWE-20
Affected
qemu/qemu
Source
secalert@redhat.com
EPSS trend
0%3%5%28 October 2026: 2.84%28 October 202628 October 2026

EPSS 2.8% since 28 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.