VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2017-8379

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.

MEDIUM 6.5EPSS 0.41%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.41%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

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: 0.41% probability · 35th percentile
Public exploits: None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-772
Affected: qemu/qemu · debian/debian linux · redhat/openstack
Source: cve@mitre.org

EPSS trend

EPSS 0.4% since 27 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

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/03/2Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98277Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2408Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-04/msg05599.htmlMailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-03Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/03/2Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98277Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2408Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-04/msg05599.htmlMailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-03Third Party Advisory

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