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CVE-2017-9060

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-9060 is a memory leak vulnerability in QEMU's virtio_gpu_set_scanout function, affecting the qemu product. A local guest OS user can exploit this by issuing numerous "VIRTIO_GPU_CMD_SET_SCANOUT:" commands, leading to a denial of service through memory consumption. Rated Medium (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability requires local access and low privileges, with a high impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.8.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.41%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
33.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0041 is in the 88th percentile among its peer group of 15,938 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 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 (1)

redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-9060Low

Qemu: virtio-gpu: host memory leakage in Virtio GPU device

Jan 22, 2017

References

git.qemu.org
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatch
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201706-03
Third Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2017/05/19/1
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/98632
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry