PT-2017-1612 · Qemu+3 · Qemu+3
Li Qiang
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Published
2017-02-27
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Updated
2024-06-15
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CVE-2016-10155
CVSS v3.1
6.0
Medium
| Vector | AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
QEMU (affected versions not specified)
Description
The issue is related to a memory leak in the hw/watchdog/wdt i6300esb.c component of the QEMU hardware emulator. This can be exploited by a local attacker to cause a denial of service, specifically by consuming host memory and potentially crashing the QEMU process. The exploitation is possible through a large number of device unplug operations.
Recommendations
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
Exploit
DoS
Memory Leak
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Related Identifiers
Affected Products
Alt Linux
Qemu
Suse
Ubuntu