CVE-2017-8379

Published May 23, 2017

Last updated 20 days ago

Overview

Description
Memory leak in the keyboard input event handlers support in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service (host memory consumption) by rapidly generating large keyboard events.
Source
cve@mitre.org
NVD status
Deferred

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type
Primary
Base score
6.5
Impact score
4
Exploitability score
2
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Severity
MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
4.9
Impact score
6.9
Exploitability score
3.9
Vector string
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
CWE-772

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

Configurations