Vulnerability CVE-2017-5857: Information

Description

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.

Severity: MEDIUM (6.5) Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Published: March 16, 2017
Modified: Feb. 13, 2023
Error type identifier: CWE-401

Fixed packages

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

    1. Configuration 1

      cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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      2.8.1.1