UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5525

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Source

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5525

Import Source

https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5525.json

JSON Data

https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5525

Upstream

CVE-2017-5525

Downstream

USN-3261-1

Related

USN-3261-1

Published

2017-03-15T00:00:00Z

Modified

2025-09-08T16:44:07Z

Severity

6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Ubuntu - low

Summary

[none]

Details

Memory leak in hw/audio/ac97.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service (host memory consumption and QEMU process crash) via a large number of device unplug operations.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / qemu

Package

Name: qemu
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/qemu@2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.33?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.33

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

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.33",
            "binary_name": "qemu"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.33",
            "binary_name": "qemu-common"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.33",
            "binary_name": "qemu-guest-agent"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.33",
            "binary_name": "qemu-keymaps"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.33",
            "binary_name": "qemu-kvm"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.33",
            "binary_name": "qemu-system"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.33",
            "binary_name": "qemu-system-aarch64"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.33",
            "binary_name": "qemu-system-arm"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.33",
            "binary_name": "qemu-system-common"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.33",
            "binary_name": "qemu-system-mips"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.33",
            "binary_name": "qemu-system-misc"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.33",
            "binary_name": "qemu-system-ppc"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.33",
            "binary_name": "qemu-system-sparc"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.33",
            "binary_name": "qemu-system-x86"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.33",
            "binary_name": "qemu-user"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.33",
            "binary_name": "qemu-user-static"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.33",
            "binary_name": "qemu-utils"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / qemu

Package

Name: qemu
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/qemu@1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.11?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.11

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

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.11",
            "binary_name": "qemu"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.11",
            "binary_name": "qemu-block-extra"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.11",
            "binary_name": "qemu-guest-agent"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.11",
            "binary_name": "qemu-kvm"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.11",
            "binary_name": "qemu-system"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.11",
            "binary_name": "qemu-system-aarch64"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.11",
            "binary_name": "qemu-system-arm"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.11",
            "binary_name": "qemu-system-common"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.11",
            "binary_name": "qemu-system-mips"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.11",
            "binary_name": "qemu-system-misc"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.11",
            "binary_name": "qemu-system-ppc"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.11",
            "binary_name": "qemu-system-s390x"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.11",
            "binary_name": "qemu-system-sparc"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.11",
            "binary_name": "qemu-system-x86"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.11",
            "binary_name": "qemu-user"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.11",
            "binary_name": "qemu-user-binfmt"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.11",
            "binary_name": "qemu-user-static"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.11",
            "binary_name": "qemu-utils"
        }
    ]
}