CVE-2017-8309 — Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime in Qemu

CWE-772 — Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime10 documents8 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
1.8%
top 17.27%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
QemuDebian LinuxRedhat Openstack
Timeline
PublishedMay 23
Latest updateMay 13

Description

Memory 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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages3 packages

▶Debianqemu/qemu< 1:2.8+dfsg-5+3
▶NVDqemu/qemu2.9.1
▶NVDredhat/openstack6 versions+5

Also affects: Debian Linux 8.0

Patches

Patch: lists.gnu.org ↗Patch: lists.gnu.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-xrhm-5q8w-r2vv: Memory leak in the audio/audio↗2022-05-13
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CVEList
CVE-2017-8309: Memory leak in the audio/audio↗2017-05-23
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OSV
CVE-2017-8309: Memory leak in the audio/audio↗2017-05-23
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
QEMU vulnerabilities↗2017-05-16
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Red Hat
Qemu: audio: host memory leakage via capture buffer↗2017-04-28
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Debian
CVE-2017-8309: qemu - Memory leak in the audio/audio.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows remote atta...↗2017
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💬Community

3
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-8309 Qemu: audio: host memory leakage via capture buffer↗2017-04-28
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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-8309 Qemu: audio: host memory lekage via capture buffer [fedora-all]↗2017-04-28
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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-8309 xen: Qemu: audio: host memory lekage via capture buffer [fedora-all]↗2017-04-28
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