Description
Memory leak in the keyboard input event handlers support in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service (host memory consumption) by rapidly generating large keyboard events.
Published: 2017-05-23
Score: 6.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1497-1 qemu security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-17336 Memory leak in the keyboard input event handlers support in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service (host memory consumption) by rapidly generating large keyboard events.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3289-1 QEMU vulnerabilities
History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T16:34:22.642Z

Reserved: 2017-04-30T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-8379

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-05-23T04:29:02.180

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

Link: CVE-2017-8379

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2017-04-28T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-8379 - Bugzilla

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