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Status published
Medium
CVE-2017-5579
Memory leak in the serial_exit_core function in hw/char/serial.c in QEMU...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/24/8
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2392
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-28
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95780
- http://git.qemu-project.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8409dc884a201bf74b30a9d232b6bbdd00cb7e2b
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/25/3
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2408
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
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Vulnerable Versions:
0, 2.9.0, 8.0
Timeline
Official Publish:
March 15th, 2017
Last Modified:
August 5th, 2024
Added to House:
July 20th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.