CVE-2017-5525

MEDIUM

Qemu < 2.8.1.1 - Memory Leak

Title source: rule

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)

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5
EPSS 0.0014
EPSS Percentile 34.1%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE
CWE-401
Status published

Affected Products (3)

qemu/qemu < 2.8.1.1
debian/debian_linux
n/a/n/a

Timeline

Published Mar 15, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026