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CVE-2016-9105

Memory leak in the v9fs_link function in hw/9pfs/9p.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial o…

Published 9 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
6.0
v3.1 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
0.4%
percentile 34%
Public exploits
0
none known

Memory leak in the v9fs_link function in hw/9pfs/9p.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via vectors involving a reference to the source fid object.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.40% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 34% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.16.0CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD2.02.1AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-772 Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

References

  • securityfocus.com /bid/93965 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • lists.gnu.org /archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-10/msg02608.html · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
  • security.gentoo.org /glsa/201611-11 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO, x_transferred
  • lists.opensuse.org /opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00140.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE, x_transferred
  • git.qemu.org /?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4c1586787ff43c9acd18a56c12d720e3e6be9f7c · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • lists.debian.org /debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
  • openwall.com /lists/oss-security/2016/10/28/3 · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
  • openwall.com /lists/oss-security/2016/10/30/9 · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred

Sources

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