CVE-2017-5579

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

0.40% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 33.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

6.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2017-03-15 15:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 15:04Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2017-01-25

Assigning CNA

redhat

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-401Missing Release of Memory after Effective LifetimeVariant
• CWE-772Missing Release of Resource after Effective LifetimeBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

8d41777493cdc03dc85c00e64f42d737b7e10ef6bc09cf8f89b439f0a5890530

• lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20180906 [SECURITY] [DLA 1497-1] qemu security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20170124 CVE request Qemu: serial: host memory leakage in 16550A UART emulationhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/24/8mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2017:2392https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2392vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201702-28https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-28vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• www.securityfocus.com95780http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95780vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• git.qemu-project.orghttp://git.qemu-project.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8409dc884a201bf74b30a9d232b6bbdd00cb7e2bx_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20170125 Re: CVE request Qemu: serial: host memory leakage in 16550A UART emulationhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/25/3mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2017:2408https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2408vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT