CVE-2017-5579 — Vulnetix

Try Vulnetix Request Demo

CVE-2017-5579 PUBLISHED

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.

EPSS 0.14% · 33.4th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score

0.14%

33.4th percentile

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS	qemu	0, 1:2.3+dfsg-5ubuntu9, 1:2.3+dfsg-5ubuntu10
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS	qemu	2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1, 2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.1, 2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.2

Timeline

Mar 15, 2017 CVE Published
Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
Jun 22, 2021 EPSS Score
Aug 23, 2021 EPSS Score
Oct 24, 2021 EPSS Score
Dec 25, 2021 EPSS Score
Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
Feb 25, 2022 EPSS Score
Apr 28, 2022 EPSS Score
Aug 31, 2022 EPSS Score
Nov 1, 2022 EPSS Score
Jan 2, 2023 EPSS Score

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5579 third-party-advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3261-1 vendor-advisory
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5579 third-party-advisory

Open in Interactive Console →