CVE-2017-15268

QEMU: I/O: potential memory exhaustion via websock connection to VNC

Published Oct 12, 2017 CVSS 3.0 · 7.5 High EPSS 4.3% KEV · Not listed
Description
Qemu through 2.10.0 allows remote attackers to cause a memory leak by triggering slow data-channel read operations, related to io/channel-websock.c.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4213-1 qemu security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-6728 Qemu through 2.10.0 allows remote attackers to cause a memory leak by triggering slow data-channel read operations, related to io/channel-websock.c.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3575-1 QEMU vulnerabilities
History

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2024, 7:50 PM
Reserved
Oct 11, 2017, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Oct 12, 2017, 3:29 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 1:07 AM
Severity
Low
Public date
Sep 22, 2017, 12:00 AM