CVE-2017-8379

MediumCVSS 6.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

Memory leak in the keyboard input event handlers support in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service (host memory consumption) by rapidly generating large keyboard events.

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-772

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

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

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