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.
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95780
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/25/3
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/24/8
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-28
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2408
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2392
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html
http://git.qemu-project.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8409dc884a201bf74b30a9d232b6bbdd00cb7e2b
Source: MITRE
Published: 2017-03-15
Updated: 2023-02-12
Type: CWE-401
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
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