VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2017-9060

CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.41%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-06-01
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

Memory leak in the virtio_gpu_set_scanout function in hw/display/virtio-gpu.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of "VIRTIO_GPU_CMD_SET_SCANOUT:" commands.

Weakness classification

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

Primary references