CVE-2017-8379
Moderate
CVE-2017-8379
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.
Exploit probability
0.4%
Published
May 23, 2017
Required by
Not available
Last source change
July 8, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
123 explicit affected versions
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2017-8379
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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.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/03/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98277
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2408
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-04/msg05599.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-03