Vulnerability in Qemu
CVE-2017-9060
Memory leak in the virtio_gpu_set_scanout function in hw/display/virtio-gpu.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of "VIRTIO_GPU_CMD_SET_SCANOUT:" commands.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (32.7th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 33rd percentile — 32.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-03 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/98632 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/19/1 (mailing-list, Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- git.qemu.org/
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Patch, Issue Tracking)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2017-9060?
- CVE-2017-9060 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Qemu, classified under Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-06-01.
- How severe is CVE-2017-9060?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.