CVE-2019-20382
Low
CVE-2019-20382
QEMU 4.1.0 has a memory leak in zrle_compress_data in ui/vnc-enc-zrle.c during a VNC disconnect operation because libz is misused, resulting in a situation where memory allocated in deflateInit2 is not freed in deflateEnd.
Exploit probability
0.9%
Published
March 5, 2020
Required by
Not available
Last source change
July 8, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
2 explicit affected versions
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2019-20382
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QEMU 4.1.0 has a memory leak in zrle_compress_data in ui/vnc-enc-zrle.c during a VNC disconnect operation because libz is misused, resulting in a situation where memory allocated in deflateInit2 is not freed in deflateEnd.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00007.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/03/05/1
- https://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6bf21f3d83e95bcc4ba35a7a07cc6655e8b010b0
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00020.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4372-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4665