CVE-2017-9060

Summary

CVECVE-2017-9060
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-06-01 16:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:50:00 UTC
DescriptionMemory leak in the virtio_gpu_set_scanout function in hw/display/virtio-gpu.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of "VIRTIO_GPU_CMD_SET_SCANOUT:" commands.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-401

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Qemu Qemu All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - CVE-2017-9060 Qemu: virtio-gpu: host memory leakage in Virtio GPU device MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
git.qemu.org Git - qemu.git/commit CONFIRM git.qemu.org Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
git.qemu.org Git - qemu.git/commit git.qemu.org
Bug 1452597 – CVE-2017-9060 Qemu: virtio-gpu: host memory leakage in Virtio GPU device MISC bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Patch
QEMU 'display/virtio-gpu.c' Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
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)
  • 900063 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for qemu-kvm 4.2.0
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