CVE-2017-8309

Publication date 3 May 2017

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Memory leak in the audio/audio.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by repeatedly starting and stopping audio capture.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
qemu	21.04 hirsute	Fixed 1:2.8+dfsg-3ubuntu3
	20.10 groovy	Fixed 1:2.8+dfsg-3ubuntu3
	20.04 LTS focal	Fixed 1:2.8+dfsg-3ubuntu3
	19.10 eoan	Fixed 1:2.8+dfsg-3ubuntu3
	19.04 disco	Fixed 1:2.8+dfsg-3ubuntu3
	18.10 cosmic	Fixed 1:2.8+dfsg-3ubuntu3
	18.04 LTS bionic	Fixed 1:2.8+dfsg-3ubuntu3
	17.10 artful	Fixed 1:2.8+dfsg-3ubuntu3
	17.04 zesty	Fixed 1:2.8+dfsg-3ubuntu2.2
	16.10 yakkety	Fixed 1:2.6.1+dfsg-0ubuntu5.5
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.14
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.34
	12.04 LTS precise	Not in release
qemu-kvm	21.04 hirsute	Not in release
	20.10 groovy	Not in release
	20.04 LTS focal	Not in release
	19.10 eoan	Not in release
	19.04 disco	Not in release
	18.10 cosmic	Not in release
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not in release
	17.10 artful	Not in release
	17.04 zesty	Not in release
	16.10 yakkety	Not in release
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not in release
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Ignored end of life

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
qemu	Upstream: http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=3268a845f41253fb55852a8429c32b50f36f349a

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.5 · High
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-3289-1
QEMU vulnerabilities
16 May 2017