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.
Published: 2018-01-09
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: 1.7% Low
KEV: No
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Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4213-1 qemu security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-6585 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3575-1 QEMU vulnerabilities
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Qemu Qemu
Redhat Enterprise Linux Openstack
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T19:50:16.166Z

Reserved: 2017-10-08T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-15124

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-01-09T21:29:00.343

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:14:07.103

Link: CVE-2017-15124

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2017-12-18T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-15124 - Bugzilla

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