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Ubuntu: USN-3289-1 (CVE-2017-8309): QEMU vulnerabilities

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Severity

CVSS

(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)

Published

May 16, 2017

Added

May 17, 2017

Modified

Mar 27, 2026

Description

Memory leak in the audio/audio.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by repeatedly starting and stopping audio capture.

Solutions

ubuntu-upgrade-qemu-systemubuntu-upgrade-qemu-system-aarch64ubuntu-upgrade-qemu-system-armubuntu-upgrade-qemu-system-mipsubuntu-upgrade-qemu-system-miscubuntu-upgrade-qemu-system-ppcubuntu-upgrade-qemu-system-s390xubuntu-upgrade-qemu-system-sparcubuntu-upgrade-qemu-system-x86

References

CVE-2017-8309
https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2017-8309
CWE-772
EUVD-EUVD-2017-17270
NVD-CVE-2017-8309
UBUNTU-USN-3289-1
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2017-17270

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