CVE-2017-8379
Memory leak in the keyboard input event handlers support in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service (host memory consumption) by rapidly
02 Description
Memory leak in the keyboard input event handlers support in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service (host memory consumption) by rapidly
03 Exploitation and scoring
- 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
- 0.41% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 35.3% 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.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2017-05-23 03:56Z9 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 16:34Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2017-04-30
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-772Missing Release of Resource after Effective LifetimeBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- b02dde6ff2ebbbd529e47777f5263f46c0f3b1cbb3efdd9c3ca9c76cee11e6bb
05 Affected products
06 References
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20180906 [SECURITY] [DLA 1497-1] qemu security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html
- lists.gnu.org[qemu-devel] 20170428 [PATCH] input: limit kbd queue depthhttps://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-04/msg05599.html
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201706-03https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-03
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20170503 CVE-2017-8379 Qemu: input: host memory lekage via keyboardhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/03/2
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2017:2408https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2408
- www.securityfocus.com98277http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98277
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- qemu Fixed in 1:2.8+dfsg-5
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- qemu Fixed in 1:2.8+dfsg-5
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- qemu Fixed in 1:2.8+dfsg-5
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- qemu Fixed in 1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.14
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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