Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Mar 15, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-5526
CVE-2017-5526
Description
Memory leak in hw/audio/es1370.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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Affected products
28- osv-coords25 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%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Point%20of%20Sale%2011%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%206
< 6.1.0-32.1+ 24 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
- (no CPE)range: < 4.7.3_06-43.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.9.0_14-3.18.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.2.5_21-45.11.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.2.5_21-45.11.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.4_24-61.12.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.5.5_18-22.31.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.7.3_06-43.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.9.0_14-3.18.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.4_24-22.54.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.4_24-61.12.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.5.5_18-22.31.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.7.3_06-43.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.9.0_14-3.18.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.4_24-61.12.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.7.3_06-43.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.9.0_14-3.18.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.5.5_18-22.31.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
5- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/18/1nvdMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/18/8nvdMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/95669nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- git.qemu-project.orgnvd
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