PT-2017-18112
CVE-2017-8086
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Published
2017-04-25
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Updated
2020-09-10
Description by
CVSS 3.1
6.5
MediumMetricsAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) versions prior to the fixed version
Description
A memory leak issue exists, allowing local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service through memory consumption. This issue involves the
orig value variable in the v9fs list xattr function.Recommendations
For QEMU versions prior to the fixed version, consider updating to a version that includes the fix for this issue to prevent memory consumption denial of service attacks.
Exploitability
Exploit
Fix
Impacts
Vendors
Affected products
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