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CVE-2017-5578 Detail

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.


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Hyperlink Resource
http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=204f01b30975923c64006f8067f0937b91eea68b
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/23/3 Mailing List  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/25/2 Mailing List  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95781 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-28 Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2017-5578
NVD Published Date:
03/15/2017
NVD Last Modified:
02/12/2023
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.