CVE Catalog

CVE-2017-15268

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Qemu through 2.10.0 allows remote attackers to cause a memory leak by triggering slow data-channel read operations, related to io/channel-websock.c.

Risk Assessment

Memory leaks can lead to reduced system performance and potential resource exhaustion, impacting service availability.

Recommendation

It is recommended to upgrade Qemu to version 2.10.1 or later to mitigate this vulnerability.

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Original NVD description (English source)

Qemu through 2.10.0 allows remote attackers to cause a memory leak by triggering slow data-channel read operations, related to io/channel-websock.c.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS