CVE-2017-9060

low-risk
Published 2017-06-01

Memory leak in the virtio_gpu_set_scanout function in hw/display/virtio-gpu.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of "VIRTIO_GPU_CMD_SET_SCANOUT:" commands.

Do I need to act?

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0.09% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low 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
5
CVSS 5.5/10 Medium
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Qemu

References (10)

http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=dd248ed7e204ee8a1873914e02b8b526e...
Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/19/1
Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98632
Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1452597
Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-03
http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=dd248ed7e204ee8a1873914e02b8b526e...
Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/19/1
Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98632
Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1452597
Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-03
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low-risk
Severity 18/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 0/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal