vulnerability
Gentoo Linux: CVE-2017-8086: QEMU: Multiple vulnerabilities
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) | May 2, 2017 | Oct 30, 2017 | Mar 31, 2026 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
May 2, 2017
Added
Oct 30, 2017
Modified
Mar 31, 2026
Description
Memory leak in the v9fs_list_xattr function in hw/9pfs/9p-xattr.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via vectors involving the orig_value variable.
Solution
gentoo-linux-upgrade-app-emulation-qemu
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