CVE-2017-8309

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-772

Affected software

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

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98302Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2408Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-04/msg05587.htmlMailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-03Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98302Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2408Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-04/msg05587.htmlMailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-03Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: May 23, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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