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.
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2018-01-09T21:00:00Z

Updated: 2018-10-31T09:57:01

Reserved: 2017-10-08T00:00:00


Link: CVE-2017-15124

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-01-09T21:29:00.343

Modified: 2023-02-12T23:28:48.740


Link: CVE-2017-15124

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cve-icon Redhat Information

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