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ALPINE-CVE-2017-5857

ALPINE-CVE-2017-5857 PUBLISHED CVSS 6.5 MEDIUM

Memory leak in the virgl_cmd_resource_unref function in hw/display/virtio-gpu-3d.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host memory consumption) via a large number of VIRTIO_GPU_CMD_RESOURCE_UNREF commands sent without detaching the backing storage beforehand.

Risk Scores

CVSS 3.1
6.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Alpine:v3.8qemu2.5.1-r0, 2.2.1-r0, 2.1.3-r0
Alpine:v3.9qemu1.0-r1, 1.5.1-r1, 1.4.1-r0
Alpine:v3.7qemu2.4.1-r1, 1.1.0-r0, 0
Alpine:v3.6qemu1.4.0-r1, 1.4.0-r0, 1.3.1-r0
Alpine:v3.10qemu1.2.0-r0, 0.11.1-r1, 0.12.5-r0
Alpineqemu
Alpine:v3.5qemu0.10.6-r0, 0, 0

Timeline

  • Mar 16, 2017 CVE Published
  • Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch
  • Jun 15, 2026 CVE Updated
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