CVE-2017-8379

MEDIUM

Qemu < 2.9.1 - Resource Leak

Title source: rule

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)

[Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/03/2

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98277

[Third Party Advisory] https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2408

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html

[Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory] https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-04/msg05599.html

[Third Party Advisory] https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-03

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5

EPSS 0.0014

EPSS Percentile 34.2%

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 (9)

qemu/qemu < 2.9.1

debian/debian_linux

redhat/openstack

n/a/n/a

Published May 23, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026