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7.5high

CVE-2017-8309

Memory leak in the audio/audio.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by…

Published 9 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
7.5
v3.1 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
4.5%
percentile 92%
Public exploits
0
none known

Memory leak in the audio/audio.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by repeatedly starting and stopping audio capture.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

4.54% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.17.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD2.07.8AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-772 Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

References

  • lists.debian.org /debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
  • security.gentoo.org /glsa/201706-03 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/98302 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • access.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2017:2408 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
  • lists.gnu.org /archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-04/msg05587.html · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred

Sources

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