VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2016-8577

Memory leak in the v9fs_read 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 related to an I/O read operation.

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

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 · debian/debian linux · opensuse/leap
Source: secalert@redhat.com

References

http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e95c9a493a5a8d6f969e86c9f19f80ffe6587e19
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00140.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/10/13Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/10/7Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93473Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-11Third Party Advisory
http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e95c9a493a5a8d6f969e86c9f19f80ffe6587e19
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00140.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/10/13Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/10/7Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93473Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-11Third Party Advisory

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.