CVE-2017-8309
HIGHQEMU < 2.9.1 - Denial of Service via Audio Capture Memory Leak
Title source: llmDescription
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 (5)
Core 5
Core References
Mailing List, 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/201706-03
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98302
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2408
Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-04/msg05587.html
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0111
EPSS Percentile
78.3%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-772
Status
published
Products (8)
debian/debian_linux
8.0
qemu/qemu
< 2.9.1
redhat/openstack
6.0
redhat/openstack
7.0
redhat/openstack
8
redhat/openstack
9
redhat/openstack
10
redhat/openstack
11
Published
May 23, 2017
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026