Memory Leak Affecting qemu package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.41% (33rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-QEMU-427574
  • published1 Jun 2017
  • disclosed1 Jun 2017

Introduced: 1 Jun 2017

CVE-2017-9060  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-401  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Debian:9 qemu.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream qemu package and not the qemu package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1