CVE-2017-5579
6.5 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
6 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
4.9 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
26.0%
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.
| CPE | Name | Operator | Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| qemu:qemu | qemu | le | 2.8.1.1 |
| qemu:qemu | qemu | eq | 2.9.0 |
| debian:debian_linux | debian debian linux | eq | 8.0 |
References
git.qemu-project.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8409dc884a201bf74b30a9d232b6bbdd00cb7e2b
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/24/8
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/25/3
www.securityfocus.com/bid/95780
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2392
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2408
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-28
Related
6.5 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
6 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
4.9 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
26.0%