CWE Code: 772
Vulnerability Type: privilege_escalation
CVSS Score: 4.9
CWE Name:  Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime
Summary: memory leak in the v9fs_list_xattr function in hw/9pfs/9p-xattr.c in qemu (aka quick emulator) allows local guest os privileged users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via vectors involving the orig_value variable.
Access Authentication: NONE
Access Complexity: LOW
Access Vector: LOCAL
Impact (C/I/A): NONE/NONE/COMPLETE
Published Date: 2017-05-02
Last Modified Date: 2019-10-03