VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2017-5526
Memory leak in hw/audio/es1370.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.
MEDIUM 6.5EPSS 0.40%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.40%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Memory leak in hw/audio/es1370.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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.40% probability · 33th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-401
- Affected
- qemu/qemu · debian/debian linux
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://git.qemu-project.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=069eb7b2b8fc47c7cb52e5a4af23ea98d939e3da
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/18/1Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/18/8Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95669Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://git.qemu-project.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=069eb7b2b8fc47c7cb52e5a4af23ea98d939e3da
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/18/1Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/18/8Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95669Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.htmlThird Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.