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CVE-2017-5857
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2017-03-16T15:59:01.053 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:21:20.043

Summary

Memory leak in the virgl_cmd_resource_unref 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_UNREF commands sent without detaching the backing storage beforehand.

Affected products

qemu — qemu

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References

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