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CVE-2017-8379
Published: May 23, 2017
Modified: Aug 5, 2024
PUBLISHED
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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
[debian-lts-announce] 20180906 [SECURITY] [DLA 1497-1] qemu security update
mailing-list
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[qemu-devel] 20170428 [PATCH] input: limit kbd queue depth
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
GLSA-201706-03
vendor-advisory
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[oss-security] 20170503 CVE-2017-8379 Qemu: input: host memory lekage via keyboard
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
RHSA-2017:2408
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
98277
vdb-entry
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