CVE-2017-8309
high
CVSS v3
7.5
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.5
Description
Memory leak in the audio/audio.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by repeatedly starting and stopping audio capture.
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 | 8.0 | affected | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 1:2.8+dfsg-5 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 1:2.8+dfsg-5 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 1:2.8+dfsg-5 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 1:2.8+dfsg-5 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 1:2.8+dfsg-5 |
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98302
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2408
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-04/msg05587.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-03
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-8309.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-8309
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.