CVE-2017-5552

Publication date 15 March 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

Description

Memory leak in the virgl_resource_attach_backing function in hw/display/virtio-gpu-3d.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host memory consumption) via a large number of VIRTIO_GPU_CMD_RESOURCE_ATTACH_BACKING commands.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
qemu 17.04 zesty
Fixed 1:2.8+dfsg-3ubuntu2.1
16.10 yakkety
Fixed 1:2.6.1+dfsg-0ubuntu5.4
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.11
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected
12.04 LTS precise Not in release
qemu-kvm 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
Not affected

Patch details

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Package Patch details
qemu

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 6.5 · Medium
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Changed
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

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