CVE-2017-8379

Description

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.

Risk Information

Base Score

6.5

MODERATE

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS Score

Exploitation Probability

0.143

Associated Vulnerability

Vulnerability	OS Platform
Multiple vulnerabilities affected in QEMU 2.8.1.1	Windows

Patch Details

No records found

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234