CVE-2017-9060 — 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 Lifetime11 documents7 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV7.8
EPSS
0.1%
top 74.50%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
QemuDebian Qemu
Timeline
PublishedJun 1
Latest updateMay 13

Description

Memory 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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages4 packages

▶debiandebian/qemu< qemu 1:2.10.0-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianqemu/qemu< 1:2.10.0-1+3
▶Ubuntuqemu/qemu< 2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.36+3
▶NVDqemu/qemu2.8.1.1

Patches

Patch: www.openwall.com ↗Patch: bugzilla.redhat.com ↗Patch: www.openwall.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
GHSA
GHSA-3j3x-mggm-xh6q: Memory leak in the virtio_gpu_set_scanout function in hw/display/virtio-gpu↗2022-05-13
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OSV
qemu regression↗2017-09-20
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OSV
qemu vulnerabilities↗2017-09-13
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OSV
CVE-2017-9060: Memory leak in the virtio_gpu_set_scanout function in hw/display/virtio-gpu↗2017-06-01
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📋Vendor Advisories

4
Ubuntu
QEMU regression↗2017-09-20
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Ubuntu
QEMU vulnerabilities↗2017-09-13
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Red Hat
Qemu: virtio-gpu: host memory leakage in Virtio GPU device↗2017-01-22
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Debian
CVE-2017-9060: qemu - Memory leak in the virtio_gpu_set_scanout function in hw/display/virtio-gpu.c in...↗2017
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-9060 Qemu: virtio-gpu: host memory leakage in Virtio GPU device↗2017-05-19
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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-9060 Qemu: virtio-gpu: host memory leakage in Virtio GPU device [fedora-all]↗2017-05-19
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