Memory leak in the serial_exit_core function in hw/char/serial.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service (host memory consumption and QEMU process crash) via a large number of device unplug operations.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2017-03-15T15:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T15:04:15.331Z

Reserved: 2017-01-25T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-5579

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-03-15T15:59:00.890

Modified: 2023-02-12T23:29:45.193

Link: CVE-2017-5579

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2017-01-11T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-5579 - Bugzilla