CVE-2017-8379 Information

Description

Memory leak in the keyboard input event handlers support in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service (host memory consumption) by rapidly generating large keyboard events.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/03/2 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98277 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2408 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-04/msg05599.html https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-03

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