Description
Memory leak in the virtio_gpu_resource_attach_backing function in hw/display/virtio-gpu.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host memory consumption) via a large number of VIRTIO_GPU_CMD_RESOURCE_ATTACH_BACKING commands.
Published: 2017-03-15
Score: 6.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-14679 Memory leak in the virtio_gpu_resource_attach_backing function in hw/display/virtio-gpu.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host memory consumption) via a large number of VIRTIO_GPU_CMD_RESOURCE_ATTACH_BACKING commands.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3261-1 QEMU vulnerabilities
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History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T15:04:15.493Z

Reserved: 2017-01-25T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-5578

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-03-15T15:59:00.843

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-5578

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-5578 - Bugzilla

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Weaknesses