CVE-2017-8379
Qemu: input: host memory lekage via keyboard events
Severity
LowRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.0
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Published · April 28, 2017
Updated · June 28, 2026
Description
Memory leak in the keyboard input event handlers support in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service (host memory consumption) by rapidly generating large keyboard events.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.0 · 3CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L
CVSS 2.0 · 2.3AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
CWE-772 · Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime