PT-2017-18303
CVE-2017-8379
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Published
2017-05-03
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Updated
2024-06-15
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) (affected versions not specified)
Description
A memory leak in the keyboard input event handlers support allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service by rapidly generating large keyboard events, resulting in host memory consumption.
Recommendations
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
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