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CVE-2017-5552 Details

Description

Memory leak in the virgl_resource_attach_backing function in hw/display/virtio-gpu-3d.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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:6.5 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=33243031dad02d161225ba99d782616da133f689 CVE
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-28 CVEThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/20/17 CVEMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/21/5 CVEMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95773 CVEThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

see all 10 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-401Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
qemu qemu
<= 2.8.1.1

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

9 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2017-5552
NVD Published Date:
Mar 15, 2017
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2017-5552 Details - Not Deferred