High severity · published May 23, 2017
CVE-2017-8309
Memory leak in the audio/audio.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by repeatedly starting and stopping audio…
7.5
CVSS
4.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Memory leak in the audio/audio.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by repeatedly starting and stopping audio capture.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)4.5% · higher than 92% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0 · source: NVD
OP
Openstack · Redhat
6.0; 7.0; 8; 9; 10; 11 · source: NVD
QE
Qemu · Qemu
through 2.9.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8309
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-8309
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98302
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2408
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html
Mailing List
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-04/msg05587.html
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-03
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