CVE-2017-5526 Information

Description

Memory leak in hw/audio/es1370.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service (host memory consumption and QEMU process crash) via a large number of device unplug operations.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Reference

http://git.qemu-project.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=069eb7b2b8fc47c7cb52e5a4af23ea98d939e3da http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/18/1 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/18/8 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95669 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

CHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

6.5