CVE-2017-8309

moderate-risk
Published 2017-05-23

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.

Do I need to act?

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1.1% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 7.5/10 High
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (8)

Affected Vendors

Debian Redhat Qemu

References (10)

Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98302
Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2408
Mailing List https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html
Mailing List https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-04/msg05587.html
Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-03
Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98302
Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2408
Mailing List https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html
Mailing List https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-04/msg05587.html
Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-03
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moderate-risk
Severity 26/34 · High
Exploitability 3/34 · Minimal
Exposure 14/34 · Moderate