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CVE-2017-9060
Published:June 01, 2017
Updated:May 17, 2026
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.
Related Resources (7)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1452597
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-03
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-9060
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/19/1
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-9060
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98632
http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=dd248ed7e204ee8a1873914e02b8b526e8f1b80d
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
6.8
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
NONE
Vulnerable System Integrity
NONE
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
5.5
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Weakness Type (CWE)
Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime
CWE-401
EPSS
Base Score:
0.09