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FKIE_CVE-2017-9374

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2017-06-16 22:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 01:27
Summary
Memory leak in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator), when built with USB EHCI Emulation support, allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by repeatedly hot-unplugging the device.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d710e1e7bd3d5bfc26b631f02ae87901ebe646b0
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3920Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/06/06/3Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98905Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2392Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2408Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1459132Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d710e1e7bd3d5bfc26b631f02ae87901ebe646b0
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3920Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/06/06/3Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98905Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2392Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2408Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1459132Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.htmlThird Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
qemu qemu *

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      ],
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    },
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T01:27:59.287",
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