Improper Input Validation Affecting qemu-project/qemu package, versions [,2.11.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.82% (82nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-QEMUPROJECTQEMU-3007009
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed9 Jan 2018
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 9 Jan 2018

CVE-2017-15124  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade qemu-project/qemu to version 2.11.1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation. VNC server implementation in Quick Emulator (QEMU) 2.11.0 and older was found to be vulnerable to an unbounded memory allocation issue, as it did not throttle the framebuffer updates sent to its client. If the client did not consume these updates, VNC server allocates growing memory to hold onto this data. A malicious remote VNC client could use this flaw to cause DoS to the server host.

CVSS Scores

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