CVE-2017-8309high
Description
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.
References
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-04/msg05587.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98302
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-03
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2408
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html
Details
Source: MITRE
Published: 2017-05-23
Updated: 2021-08-04
Type: CWE-772
Risk Information
CVSS v2
Base Score: 7.8
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Impact Score: 6.9
Exploitability Score: 10
Severity: HIGH
CVSS v3
Base Score: 7.5
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Impact Score: 3.6
Exploitability Score: 3.9
Severity: HIGH