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CVE-2017-8309 (GCVE-0-2017-8309)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-05-23 03:56 – Updated: 2024-08-05 16:34
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-03 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98302 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2408 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/201… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
Date Public
2017-04-28 00:00
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