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CVE-2016-9915

Memory leak in hw/9pfs/9p-handle.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local privileged guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host m…

Published 9 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
6.5
v3.1 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
0.4%
percentile 38%
Public exploits
0
none known

Memory leak in hw/9pfs/9p-handle.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local privileged guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host memory consumption and possibly QEMU process crash) by leveraging a missing cleanup operation in the handle backend.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.44% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 38% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.16.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD2.04.9AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

References

  • lists.debian.org /debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/94729 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • lists.gnu.org /archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-11/msg03278.html · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
  • security.gentoo.org /glsa/201701-49 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO, x_transferred
  • openwall.com /lists/oss-security/2016/12/06/11 · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
  • openwall.com /lists/oss-security/2016/12/08/7 · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
  • git.qemu.org /?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=971f406b77a6eb84e0ad27dcc416b663765aee30 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred

Sources

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