VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2016-7994
Memory leak in the virtio_gpu_resource_create_2d function in hw/display/virtio-gpu.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of…
MEDIUM 6.0EPSS 0.39%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.39%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Memory leak in the virtio_gpu_resource_create_2d function in hw/display/virtio-gpu.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of VIRTIO_GPU_CMD_RESOURCE_CREATE_2D commands.
- CVSS 3.1
- 6.0 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.39% probability · 33th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-772
- Affected
- qemu/qemu · opensuse/leap
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00140.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/07/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/08/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93453Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-09/msg04083.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-11Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00140.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/07/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/08/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93453Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-09/msg04083.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-11Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.