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CVE-2017-8309

Published: 3 May 2017

Memory leak in the audio/audio.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by repeatedly starting and stopping audio capture.

Priority

Low

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
qemu
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful
Released (1:2.8+dfsg-3ubuntu3)
bionic
Released (1:2.8+dfsg-3ubuntu3)
cosmic
Released (1:2.8+dfsg-3ubuntu3)
disco
Released (1:2.8+dfsg-3ubuntu3)
eoan
Released (1:2.8+dfsg-3ubuntu3)
focal
Released (1:2.8+dfsg-3ubuntu3)
groovy
Released (1:2.8+dfsg-3ubuntu3)
hirsute
Released (1:2.8+dfsg-3ubuntu3)
precise Does not exist

trusty
Released (2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.34)
upstream Needs triage

xenial
Released (1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.14)
yakkety
Released (1:2.6.1+dfsg-0ubuntu5.5)
zesty
Released (1:2.8+dfsg-3ubuntu2.2)
Patches:
upstream: http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=3268a845f41253fb55852a8429c32b50f36f349a
qemu-kvm
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Does not exist

bionic Does not exist

cosmic Does not exist

disco Does not exist

eoan Does not exist

focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

hirsute Does not exist

precise Ignored
(end of life)
trusty Does not exist

upstream Needs triage

xenial Does not exist

yakkety Does not exist

zesty Does not exist

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.5
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H