CVE-2017-15268
Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 8
Modified
Published: 12 Oct 2017, 15:00
Last modified:05 Aug 2024, 19:50
Vulnerability Summary
Overall Risk (default)
medium
40/100 CVSS Score
7.5 HIGH
v3.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
2.03% LOW
2% probability -0.61%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
1 found
Dark Web
Not detected
Timeline
12 Oct 2017, 15:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
05 Aug 2024, 19:50
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated
Description
Qemu through 2.10.0 allows remote attackers to cause a memory leak by triggering slow data-channel read operations, related to io/channel-websock.c.
CVSS Metrics
- v3.0•HIGH•Score: 7.5CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
EPSS Trends
Current EPSS score: 2.03%• Percentile: 84%
Techniques & Countermeasures
- CWE-772•Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime
The product does not release a resource after its effective lifetime has ended, i.e., after the resource is no longer needed.
Affected Systems
- qemu•qemu
≤ 2.10.0
References (7)
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4213
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0816
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101277
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1104
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/+bug/1718964
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3575-1/
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-10/msg02278.html