Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU18303

Memory leak in QEMU - CVE-2019-9824

Published: April 18, 2019

Vulnerability identifier: #VU18303

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear

CVE-ID: CVE-2019-9824

CWE-ID: CWE-401

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vendor: QEMU

Affected software:
QEMU

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to sensitive information on the system.

The vulnerability exists due memory leak within the SLiRP networking implementation. A local user can read uninitialised stack memory contents.

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