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CVE-2017-5525

Memory leak in hw/audio/ac97.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.

Published

2017-03-15T15:59:00.670

Last Modified

2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

6.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-401

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	qemu	qemu	≤ 2.8.1.1	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	8.0	Yes

References

http://git.qemu-project.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=12351a91da97b414eec8cdb09f1d9f41e535a401 ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/17/19 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/18/7 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95671 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-28 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://git.qemu-project.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=12351a91da97b414eec8cdb09f1d9f41e535a401 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/17/19 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/18/7 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95671 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-28 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)