CVE-2017-5579 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime in Qemu

CWE-401 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective LifetimeCWE-772 — Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime10 documents7 sources
Severity
6.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV5.5
EPSS
0.1%
top 66.59%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
QemuDebian QemuDebian Linux
Timeline
PublishedMar 15
Latest updateMay 13

Description

Memory leak in the serial_exit_core function in hw/char/serial.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service (host memory consumption and QEMU process crash) via a large number of device unplug operations.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 2.0 | Impact: 4.0

Affected Packages4 packages

▶debiandebian/qemu< qemu 1:2.8+dfsg-3 (bookworm)
▶Debianqemu/qemu< 1:2.8+dfsg-3+3
▶Ubuntuqemu/qemu< 2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.33+1
▶NVDqemu/qemu2.8.1.1+1

Also affects: Debian Linux 8.0

Patches

Patch: www.openwall.com ↗Patch: www.openwall.com ↗Patch: www.openwall.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-m832-5xwv-5c23: Memory leak in the serial_exit_core function in hw/char/serial↗2022-05-13
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OSV
qemu vulnerabilities↗2017-04-20
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OSV
CVE-2017-5579: Memory leak in the serial_exit_core function in hw/char/serial↗2017-03-15
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
QEMU vulnerabilities↗2017-04-20
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Red Hat
Qemu: serial: host memory leakage 16550A UART emulation↗2017-01-11
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Debian
CVE-2017-5579: qemu - Memory leak in the serial_exit_core function in hw/char/serial.c in QEMU (aka Qu...↗2017
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💬Community

3
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-5579 xen: Qemu: serial: host memory leakage 16550A UART emulation [fedora-all]↗2017-01-24
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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-5579 Qemu: serial: host memory leakage 16550A UART emulation↗2017-01-24
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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-5579 Qemu: serial: host memory leakage 16550A UART emulation [fedora-all]↗2017-01-24
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