CVE-2017-8309

highpriority · track · 32EPSS 0.045 · 92 %ileDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

4.54% (92nd) EPSS

CVSS 7.8 · high

Is it mine?

15 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Memory leak in the audio/audio.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by repeatedly starting and stopping audio capture.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.9–7.8

v2.07.8highAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 6.9

v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 3.6

v2.07.8highAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:Csecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.16.9mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-772USprimaryCWE-399US

affected products (15)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Open Source QEMUall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:qemu:qemu:-
Oracle Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:oracle:linux:-
Red Hat Enterprise Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:-
SUSE Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:suse:suse_linux:-
Ubuntu Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:-
n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
Fabrice Bellard QEMUall versionsfstec_bduRU
debian debian linux= 8.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qemu qemu≤ 2.9.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat openstack= 10nvdUScpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat openstack= 11nvdUScpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat openstack= 6.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat openstack= 7.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat openstack= 8nvdUScpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat openstack= 9nvdUScpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2024-2024QEMU: Mehrere Schwachstellen ermöglichen Denial of ServiceDeutsch2017-05-03csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, authentisierter Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in QEMU ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen.

also known as (5)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu cert_bund nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2017-05-23modified 2026-06-17

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references (15)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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