VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2017-5857

CVSS score6.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.39%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-03-16
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

Memory leak in the virgl_cmd_resource_unref function in hw/display/virtio-gpu-3d.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host memory consumption) via a large number of VIRTIO_GPU_CMD_RESOURCE_UNREF commands sent without detaching the backing storage beforehand.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-401: Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

Primary references