CVE-2017-8309

Summary

CVECVE-2017-8309
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-05-23 04:29:00 UTC
Updated2021-08-04 17:15:00 UTC
DescriptionMemory 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-772

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu All All All All
Application Redhat Openstack 10 All All All
Application Redhat Openstack 10.0 All All All
Application Redhat Openstack 11 All All All
Application Redhat Openstack 11.0 All All All
Application Redhat Openstack 6.0 All All All
Application Redhat Openstack 7.0 All All All
Application Redhat Openstack 8 All All All
Application Redhat Openstack 8.0 All All All
Application Redhat Openstack 9 All All All
Application Redhat Openstack 9.0 All All All
Application Redhat Openstack 10.0 All All All
Application Redhat Openstack 11.0 All All All
Application Redhat Openstack 6.0 All All All
Application Redhat Openstack 7.0 All All All
Application Redhat Openstack 8.0 All All All
Application Redhat Openstack 9.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 1497-1] qemu security update MLIST lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
QEMU CVE-2017-8309 Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
[Qemu-devel] [PATCH] audio: release capture buffers MLIST lists.gnu.org Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
QEMU: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201706-03) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 710528 Gentoo Linux QEMU Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201706-03)
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