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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.

Published

2017-05-23T04:29:02.180

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-772

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	qemu	qemu	≤ 2.9.1	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	8.0	Yes
Application	redhat	openstack	6.0	Yes
Application	redhat	openstack	7.0	Yes
Application	redhat	openstack	8	Yes
Application	redhat	openstack	9	Yes
Application	redhat	openstack	10	Yes
Application	redhat	openstack	11	Yes

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/03/2 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98277 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2408 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-04/msg05599.html Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-03 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/03/2 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98277 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2408 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-04/msg05599.html Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-03 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)