CVE-2017-5526
Moderate
CVE-2017-5526
Memory leak in hw/audio/es1370.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service (host memory consumption and QEMU process crash) via a large number of device unplug operations.
Exploit probability
0.4%
Published
March 15, 2017
Required by
Not available
Last source change
July 8, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
117 explicit affected versions
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2017-5526
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Memory leak in hw/audio/es1370.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service (host memory consumption and QEMU process crash) via a large number of device unplug operations.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://git.qemu-project.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=069eb7b2b8fc47c7cb52e5a4af23ea98d939e3da
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/18/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/18/8
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95669
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html