CyberRota Analysis
AI analysis pending.
CVE
CVE-2017-5579
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
6.5
EPSS
0.40%
Original NVD Description
Memory leak in the serial_exit_core function in hw/char/serial.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.