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.
Published: 2017-03-15
Score: 6.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1497-1 qemu security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-14680 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3261-1 QEMU vulnerabilities
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Debian Debian Linux
Qemu Qemu
Redhat Enterprise Linux Openstack
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T15:04:15.331Z

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

Link: CVE-2017-5579

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-03-15T15:59:00.890

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

Link: CVE-2017-5579

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2017-01-11T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-5579 - Bugzilla

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