vulnerability
Red Hat: CVE-2017-15124: Low: qemu-kvm security, bug fix, and enhancement update (Multiple Advisories)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Jan 9, 2018 | Apr 11, 2018 | Jul 9, 2025 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Jan 9, 2018
Added
Apr 11, 2018
Modified
Jul 9, 2025
Description
VNC server implementation in Quick Emulator (QEMU) 2.11.0 and older was found to be vulnerable to an unbounded memory allocation issue, as it did not throttle the framebuffer updates sent to its client. If the client did not consume these updates, VNC server allocates growing memory to hold onto this data. A malicious remote VNC client could use this flaw to cause DoS to the server host.
Solutions
no-fix-redhat-rpm-packageredhat-upgrade-qemu-imgredhat-upgrade-qemu-img-maredhat-upgrade-qemu-kvmredhat-upgrade-qemu-kvm-commonredhat-upgrade-qemu-kvm-common-maredhat-upgrade-qemu-kvm-debuginforedhat-upgrade-qemu-kvm-maredhat-upgrade-qemu-kvm-ma-debuginforedhat-upgrade-qemu-kvm-toolsredhat-upgrade-qemu-kvm-tools-ma
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