CVE-2017-5525

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 201702-28

Severity Score

6.5

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Memory leak in hw/audio/ac97.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service (host memory consumption and QEMU process crash) via a large number of device unplug operations.

Pérdida de memoria en hw/audio/ac97.c en QEMU (también conocido como Quick Emulator) permite a usuarios locales privilegiados del SO invitado provocar una denegación de servicio (consumo de memoria del host y caída del proceso QEMU) a través de un gran número de operaciones de desenchufado del dispositivo.

Zhenhao Hong discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled the Virtio GPU device. An attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.10. Li Qiang discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled the 6300esb watchdog. A privileged attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service. Various other issues were also addressed.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2017-01-18 CVE Reserved
2017-02-21 CVE Published
2024-08-05 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-401: Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

CAPEC

References (6)

URL	Tag	Source
http://git.qemu-project.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=12351a91da97b414eec8cdb09f1d9f41e535a401	X_refsource_confirm
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95671	Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html	Mailing List

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/17/19	2023-02-12
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/18/7	2023-02-12

URL	Date	SRC
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-28	2023-02-12

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Qemu Search vendor "Qemu"		Qemu Search vendor "Qemu" for product "Qemu"				<= 2.8.1.1 Search vendor "Qemu" for product "Qemu" and version " <= 2.8.1.1"		-		Affected
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux"				8.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "8.0"		-		Affected