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Status published
Medium
CVE-2017-8086
Memory leak in the v9fs_list_xattr function in hw/9pfs/9p-xattr.c in QEMU...
Vulnerability Description
Memory leak in the v9fs_list_xattr function in hw/9pfs/9p-xattr.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via vectors involving the orig_value variable.
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
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/04/25/5
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1444781
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-03
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-04/msg01636.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98012
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4ffcdef4277a91af15a3c09f7d16af072c29f3f2
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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:
May 2nd, 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.