CVE-2017-5525

MEDIUM

QEMU < 2.8.1.1 - Denial of Service via AC97 Device Unplug Operations

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Memory leak in hw/audio/ac97.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 (6)

Core 6
Core References
Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/18/7
Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-28
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95671
Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/17/19

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5
EPSS 0.0014
EPSS Percentile 34.0%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-401
Status published
Products (2)
debian/debian_linux 8.0
qemu/qemu < 2.8.1.1
Published Mar 15, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026