Vulnerability Database

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Total vulnerabilities in the database

CVE-2017-5579

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.

  • Published: Mar 15, 2017
  • Updated: Apr 13, 2023
  • CVE: CVE-2017-5579
  • Severity: Medium
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: Medium
  • Score: 6.5
  • AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Low
  • Score: 4.9
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
qemu / qemu - 2.8.1.1.x
qemu / qemu 2.9.0-rc1 2.9.0-rc1.x
qemu / qemu 2.9.0-rc2 2.9.0-rc2.x
qemu / qemu 2.9.0-rc3 2.9.0-rc3.x
qemu / qemu 2.9.0-rc0 2.9.0-rc0.x
qemu / qemu 2.9.0-rc4 2.9.0-rc4.x
qemu / qemu 2.9.0-rc5 2.9.0-rc5.x
debian / debian_linux 8.0 8.0.x