Memory Leak Affecting qemu package, versions <1:4.2-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.87% (54th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-QEMU-18321946
  • published27 Jul 2026
  • disclosed5 Mar 2020

Introduced: 5 Mar 2020

CVE-2019-20382  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-401  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Echo:latest qemu to version 1:4.2-1 or higher.

NVD Description

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

QEMU 4.1.0 has a memory leak in zrle_compress_data in ui/vnc-enc-zrle.c during a VNC disconnect operation because libz is misused, resulting in a situation where memory allocated in deflateInit2 is not freed in deflateEnd.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1