CVE - CVE-2017-5578

CVE-ID
CVE-2017-5578	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
Memory leak in the virtio_gpu_resource_attach_backing function in hw/display/virtio-gpu.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host memory consumption) via a large number of VIRTIO_GPU_CMD_RESOURCE_ATTACH_BACKING commands.
References
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MISC:95781 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95781 MISC:GLSA-201702-28 URL:https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-28 MISC:[oss-security] 20170123 CVE request Qemu: display: virtio-gpu: host memory leakage in virtio_gpu_resource_attach_backing URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/23/3 MISC:[oss-security] 20170125 Re: CVE request Qemu: display: virtio-gpu: host memory leakage in virtio_gpu_resource_attach_backing URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/25/2 MISC:http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=204f01b30975923c64006f8067f0937b91eea68b URL:http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=204f01b30975923c64006f8067f0937b91eea68b
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20170125	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20170125)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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