Memory Leak Affecting qemu-arm package, versions <2.11.2-9.36.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.87% (54th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES150-QEMUARM-2709873
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed3 Jun 2020

Introduced: 3 Jun 2020

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

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.0 qemu-arm to version 2.11.2-9.36.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream qemu-arm package and not the qemu-arm package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.0 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