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CVE-2017-8379
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2017-05-23T04:29:02.180 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:26:16.973

Summary

Memory leak in the keyboard input event handlers support in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service (host memory consumption) by rapidly generating large keyboard events.

Affected products

qemu — qemu

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References

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