CVE-2017-5578 in QEMU
Summary
Memory leak in the virtio_gpu_resource_attach_backing function in hw/display/virtio-gpu.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.
Reservation
01/25/2017
Disclosure
03/15/2017
Entries
VulDB provides additional information and datapoints for this CVE:
| ID | Vulnerability | CWE | Exp | Cou | CVE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 98147 | QEMU virtio-gpu.c virtio_gpu_resource_attach_backing resource management | 399 | Not defined | Official fix | CVE-2017-5578 |