CVE-2017-15268

Public Exploit

Description

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.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.26% Top 25%
Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4213 vendor advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0816 vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101277 vdb entry third party advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1104 vendor advisory
https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/+bug/1718964 issue tracking patch exploit third party advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3575-1/ vendor advisory
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-10/msg02278.html mailing list third party advisory patch

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2017-15268?
CVE-2017-15268 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2017-15268?
To fix CVE-2017-15268, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2017-15268 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2017-15268 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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