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CVE-2017-8086 Detail

Description

Memory leak in the v9fs_list_xattr function in hw/9pfs/9p-xattr.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via vectors involving the orig_value variable.


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Hyperlink Resource
http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4ffcdef4277a91af15a3c09f7d16af072c29f3f2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/04/25/5 Mailing List  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98012 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1444781 Issue Tracking  Patch  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-04/msg01636.html Mailing List  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-03 Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-772 Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2017-8086
NVD Published Date:
05/02/2017
NVD Last Modified:
11/06/2023
Source:
MITRE