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.
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DSA-4213-1 | qemu security update |
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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. |
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USN-3575-1 | QEMU vulnerabilities |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-05T19:50:16.166Z
Reserved: 2017-10-08T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2017-15124

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Status : Modified
Published: 2018-01-09T21:29:00.343
Modified: 2024-11-21T03:14:07.103
Link: CVE-2017-15124


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