CVE-2017-15268
high
CVSS v3
7.5
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.5
Description
Qemu through 2.10.0 allows remote attackers to cause a memory leak by triggering slow data-channel read operations, related to io/channel-websock.c.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
83%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 1:2.11+dfsg-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 1:2.11+dfsg-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 1:2.11+dfsg-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 1:2.11+dfsg-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 1:2.11+dfsg-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| qemu | qemu | {"endIncluding":"2.10.0"} | |
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101277
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0816
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1104
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/+bug/1718964
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-10/msg02278.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3575-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4213
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-15268.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-15268
CWEs
CWE-772
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.