CVE-2016-10155 (GCVE-0-2016-10155)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-03-15 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 03:14
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Summary
Memory leak in hw/watchdog/wdt_i6300esb.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.
Severity
6.0 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2017-01-20 00:00
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