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cve[email protected]CVE-2017-8379
HistoryMay 23, 2017 - 4:29 a.m.

CVE-2017-8379

2017-05-2304:29:02
CWE-772
web.nvd.nist.gov
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cve-2017-8379
qemu
quick emulator
memory leak
keyboard input
event handlers
denial of service
nvd

4.9 Medium

CVSS2

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

6.5 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

CHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

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

6.1 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

26.9%

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.

Affected configurations

NVD
Node
qemuqemuRange2.9.1
Node
debiandebian_linuxMatch8.0
Node
redhatopenstackMatch6.0
OR
redhatopenstackMatch7.0
OR
redhatopenstackMatch8
OR
redhatopenstackMatch9
OR
redhatopenstackMatch10
OR
redhatopenstackMatch11
CPENameOperatorVersion
qemu:qemuqemule2.9.1

4.9 Medium

CVSS2

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

6.5 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

CHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

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

6.1 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

26.9%