CVE-2017-8379

MEDIUM

QEMU < 2.9.1 - Denial of Service via Keyboard Input Event Handler Memory Leak

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Memory leak in the keyboard input event handlers support in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service (host memory consumption) by rapidly generating large keyboard events.

References (6)

Core 6
Core References
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html
Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-04/msg05599.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-03
Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/03/2
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2408
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98277

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5
EPSS 0.0008
EPSS Percentile 22.7%
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-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