ALPINE-CVE-2017-5579

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CVE-2017-5579
Published: 15 Mar 2017, 15:59
Last modified:19 Nov 2025, 06:10

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
26/100
CVSS Score
6.5 MEDIUM
3.1 (osv_alpine)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

15 Mar 2017, 15:59
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
19 Nov 2025, 06:10
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 6.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Systems

  • alpine•qemu

    < 2.8.1-r1 | < 2.8.1.1-r0 | < 2.8.1-r1 | < 2.8.1-r1 | < 2.8.1-r1 | < 2.8.1-r1

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