Memory Leak Affecting qemu-project/qemu package, versions [,2.5.1.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (30th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-QEMUPROJECTQEMU-3006935
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed11 Apr 2017
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 11 Apr 2017

CVE-2015-8568  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-772  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade qemu-project/qemu to version 2.5.1.1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Memory Leak. Memory leak in QEMU, when built with a VMWARE VMXNET3 paravirtual NIC emulator support, allows local guest users to cause a denial of service (host memory consumption) by trying to activate the vmxnet3 device repeatedly.

CVSS Scores

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