UBUNTU-CVE-2017-15124

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-15124
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-15124.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-15124
Upstream
Downstream
Related
Published
2018-01-09T00:00:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:44:27Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - low
Summary
[none]
Details

VNC server implementation in Quick Emulator (QEMU) 2.11.0 and older was found to be vulnerable to an unbounded memory allocation issue, as it did not throttle the framebuffer updates sent to its client. If the client did not consume these updates, VNC server allocates growing memory to hold onto this data. A malicious remote VNC client could use this flaw to cause DoS to the server host.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS / qemu

Package

Name
qemu
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/qemu@2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.47+esm4?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy/trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.5.0+dfsg-3ubuntu5
1.5.0+dfsg-3ubuntu6
1.6.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1
1.6.0+dfsg-2ubuntu2
1.6.0+dfsg-2ubuntu3
1.6.0+dfsg-2ubuntu4
1.7.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1
1.7.0+dfsg-2ubuntu2
1.7.0+dfsg-2ubuntu3
1.7.0+dfsg-2ubuntu4
1.7.0+dfsg-2ubuntu5
1.7.0+dfsg-2ubuntu7
1.7.0+dfsg-2ubuntu8
1.7.0+dfsg-2ubuntu9
1.7.0+dfsg-3ubuntu1~ppa1
1.7.0+dfsg-3ubuntu1
1.7.0+dfsg-3ubuntu2
1.7.0+dfsg-3ubuntu3
1.7.0+dfsg-3ubuntu4
1.7.0+dfsg-3ubuntu5
1.7.0+dfsg-3ubuntu6
1.7.0+dfsg-3ubuntu7

2.*

2.0.0~rc1+dfsg-0ubuntu1
2.0.0~rc1+dfsg-0ubuntu2
2.0.0~rc1+dfsg-0ubuntu3
2.0.0~rc1+dfsg-0ubuntu3.1
2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1
2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.1
2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.2
2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.3
2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.5
2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.6
2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.7
2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.8
2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.9
2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.10
2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.11
2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.13
2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.14
2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.15
2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.16
2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.17
2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.18
2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.19
2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.20
2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.21
2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.22
2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.24
2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.25
2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.26
2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.27
2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.28
2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.29
2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.30
2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.31
2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.32
2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.33
2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.34
2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.35
2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.36
2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.38
2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.39
2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.40
2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.41
2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.42
2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.43
2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.44
2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.45
2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.46
2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.47
2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.47+esm1
2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.47+esm2
2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.47+esm3
2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.47+esm4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "qemu",
            "binary_version": "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.47+esm4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "qemu-common",
            "binary_version": "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.47+esm4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "qemu-guest-agent",
            "binary_version": "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.47+esm4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "qemu-keymaps",
            "binary_version": "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.47+esm4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "qemu-kvm",
            "binary_version": "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.47+esm4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "qemu-system",
            "binary_version": "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.47+esm4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "qemu-system-aarch64",
            "binary_version": "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.47+esm4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "qemu-system-arm",
            "binary_version": "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.47+esm4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "qemu-system-common",
            "binary_version": "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.47+esm4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "qemu-system-mips",
            "binary_version": "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.47+esm4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "qemu-system-misc",
            "binary_version": "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.47+esm4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "qemu-system-ppc",
            "binary_version": "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.47+esm4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "qemu-system-sparc",
            "binary_version": "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.47+esm4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "qemu-system-x86",
            "binary_version": "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.47+esm4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "qemu-user",
            "binary_version": "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.47+esm4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "qemu-user-static",
            "binary_version": "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.47+esm4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "qemu-utils",
            "binary_version": "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.47+esm4"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / qemu

Package

Name
qemu
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/qemu@1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.51+esm3?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1:2.*

1:2.3+dfsg-5ubuntu9
1:2.3+dfsg-5ubuntu10
1:2.4+dfsg-4ubuntu1
1:2.4+dfsg-4ubuntu2
1:2.4+dfsg-4ubuntu3
1:2.4+dfsg-5ubuntu3
1:2.5+dfsg-1ubuntu2
1:2.5+dfsg-1ubuntu3
1:2.5+dfsg-1ubuntu4
1:2.5+dfsg-1ubuntu5
1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu1
1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu2
1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu4
1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu6
1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu7
1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10
1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.1
1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.2
1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.3
1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.4
1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.5
1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.6
1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.7
1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.8
1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.9
1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.10
1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.11
1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.13
1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.14
1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.15
1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.16
1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.20
1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.21
1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.22
1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.24
1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.25
1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.26
1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.28
1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.29
1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.30
1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.31
1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.32
1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.33
1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.34
1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.35
1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.36
1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.37
1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.38
1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.39
1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.40
1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.41
1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.42
1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.43
1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.44
1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.45
1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.46
1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.47
1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.48
1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.49
1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.51
1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.51+esm1
1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.51+esm2
1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.51+esm3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "qemu",
            "binary_version": "1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.51+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "qemu-block-extra",
            "binary_version": "1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.51+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "qemu-guest-agent",
            "binary_version": "1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.51+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "qemu-kvm",
            "binary_version": "1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.51+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "qemu-system",
            "binary_version": "1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.51+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "qemu-system-aarch64",
            "binary_version": "1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.51+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "qemu-system-arm",
            "binary_version": "1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.51+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "qemu-system-common",
            "binary_version": "1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.51+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "qemu-system-mips",
            "binary_version": "1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.51+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "qemu-system-misc",
            "binary_version": "1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.51+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "qemu-system-ppc",
            "binary_version": "1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.51+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "qemu-system-s390x",
            "binary_version": "1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.51+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "qemu-system-sparc",
            "binary_version": "1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.51+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "qemu-system-x86",
            "binary_version": "1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.51+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "qemu-user",
            "binary_version": "1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.51+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "qemu-user-binfmt",
            "binary_version": "1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.51+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "qemu-user-static",
            "binary_version": "1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.51+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "qemu-utils",
            "binary_version": "1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.51+esm3"
        }
    ]
}