CVE-2017-15124 | BDVDB-2026-94931 Detail

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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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1. Version 12018-01-09Record published in the CVE List.
2. Version 22024-08-05Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.