UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8379

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8379

    Published: 3 May 2017Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-8379
    Aliases:
    USN-3289-1

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-8379, https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-04/msg05599.html, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3289-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-8379

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: qemu

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/qemu@1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.14?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.14

    Affected versions

    1:2.3+dfsg-5ubuntu9

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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