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CVE-2017-8309

27
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-8309 describes a memory leak vulnerability in QEMU's audio component, specifically in audio/audio.c, affecting various Debian and Red Hat products utilizing QEMU. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service by repeatedly initiating and terminating audio capture, leading to excessive memory consumption. Rated with a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), it presents a network-based attack vector with low complexity and no user interaction required, resulting in high availability impact. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, no known public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.9.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.54%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0454 is in the 83rd percentile among its peer group of 51,551 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (12)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6.0 (Juno) for RHEL 7Fixed in: qemu-kvm-rhev-10:2.9.0-10.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 (Kilo) for RHEL 7Fixed in: qemu-kvm-rhev-10:2.9.0-10.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10.0 (Newton)Fixed in: qemu-kvm-rhev-10:2.9.0-10.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 11.0 (Ocata)Fixed in: qemu-kvm-rhev-10:2.9.0-10.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8.0 (Liberty)Fixed in: qemu-kvm-rhev-10:2.9.0-10.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9.0 (Mitaka)Fixed in: qemu-kvm-rhev-10:2.9.0-10.el7
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redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: kvm
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: xen
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: qemu-kvm
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: qemu-kvm
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: qemu-kvm-rhev
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5 (Icehouse)Fixed in: qemu-kvm-rhev

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-8309Low

Qemu: audio: host memory leakage via capture buffer

Apr 28, 2017

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017:2408
Third Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.gnu.org / archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-04/msg05587.html
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201706-03
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/98302
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry