CVE-2017-8309

high

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

Advisories

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-03

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-04/msg05587.html

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2408

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98302

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-05-23

Updated: 2025-04-20

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H