CVE-2017-9374
Published: June 16, 2017Last modified: November 9, 2023
Description
Memory leak in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator), when built with USB EHCI Emulation support, allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by repeatedly hot-unplugging the device.
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 5.5 |
| Attack Vector | LOCAL |
| Attack complexity | LOW |
| Privileges required | LOW |
| User interaction | NONE |
| Scope | UNCHANGED |
| Confidentiality | NONE |
| Integrity impact | NONE |
| Availability impact | HIGH |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Status
| Product | Release | Package | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpaquita Linux | 23 LTS | qemu | Not affected (7.1.0-r4) |
| Stream | qemu | Not affected (8.1.2-r0) |
References
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d710e1e7bd3d5bfc26b631f02ae87901ebe646b0
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3920
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/06/06/3
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98905
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2392
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2408
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1459132
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html