CVE-2017-5526medium
Description
Memory leak in hw/audio/es1370.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.
References
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95669
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/18/8
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/18/1
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html
http://git.qemu-project.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=069eb7b2b8fc47c7cb52e5a4af23ea98d939e3da
Details
Source: MITRE
Published: 2017-03-15
Updated: 2023-02-12
Type: CWE-401
Risk Information
CVSS v2
Base Score: 4.9
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Impact Score: 6.9
Exploitability Score: 3.9
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS v3
Base Score: 6.5
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Impact Score: 4
Exploitability Score: 2
Severity: MEDIUM