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ALPINE-CVE-2017-5579 PUBLISHED CVSS 6.5 MEDIUM

Memory leak in the serial_exit_core function in hw/char/serial.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.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.1

6.5

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Alpine:v3.7	qemu	0, 2.8.1-r0, 2.8.0-r4
Alpine:v3.9	qemu	2.8.1-r0, 0, 0.10.6-r0
Alpine:v3.6	qemu	0, 2.1.3-r0, 2.2.1-r1
Alpine:v3.5	qemu	2.6.0-r5, 0.10.6-r0, 0.10.6-r2
Alpine:v3.10	qemu	0.10.6-r0, 0, 2.6.0-r2
Alpine:v3.8	qemu	0, 0.10.6-r0, 0.10.6-r1

Timeline

Mar 15, 2017 CVE Published
Nov 19, 2025 CVE Updated
Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch

References

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2017-5579 advisory

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