Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Mar 15, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026
CVE-2017-5525
CVE-2017-5525
Description
Memory leak in hw/audio/ac97.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.
Affected products
10- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- osv-coords8 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/qemu&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/qemu&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/qemu&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/qemu&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/qemu&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/qemu&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20Raspberry%20Pi%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/qemu&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/qemu&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2
< 6.1.0-32.1+ 7 more
- (no CPE)range: < 6.1.0-32.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.3.1-32.11
- (no CPE)range: < 2.6.2-41.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.3.1-32.11
- (no CPE)range: < 2.6.2-41.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.6.2-41.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.3.1-32.11
- (no CPE)range: < 2.6.2-41.9.1
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
6- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/17/19nvdMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/18/7nvdMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/95671nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-28nvdThird Party Advisory
- git.qemu-project.orgnvd
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