Memory Leak Affecting qemu package, versions <1:2.8+dfsg-3ubuntu2.1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.4% (32nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1704-QEMU-427376
  • published15 Mar 2017
  • disclosed15 Mar 2017

Introduced: 15 Mar 2017

CVE-2017-5578  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-401  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:17.04 qemu to version 1:2.8+dfsg-3ubuntu2.1 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 Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:17.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1