CVE-2017-5579

MediumCVSS 6.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 6.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-401

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://git.qemu-project.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8409dc884a201bf74b30a9d232b6bbdd00cb7e2b
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/24/8Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/25/3Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95780Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2392Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2408Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.htmlThird Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-28Third Party Advisory
http://git.qemu-project.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8409dc884a201bf74b30a9d232b6bbdd00cb7e2b
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/24/8Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/25/3Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95780Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2392Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2408Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.htmlThird Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-28Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Mar 15, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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