CVE-2017-9060

MEDIUM

QEMU < 2.8.1.1 - Denial of Service via Virtio GPU Scanout Command

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Memory leak in the virtio_gpu_set_scanout function in hw/display/virtio-gpu.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of "VIRTIO_GPU_CMD_SET_SCANOUT:" commands.

References (5)

Core 5
Core References
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/98632
Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/19/1
Issue Tracking, Patch x_refsource_misc
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1452597

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0009
EPSS Percentile 25.4%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-401
Status published
Products (1)
qemu/qemu < 2.8.1.1
Published Jun 01, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026