VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2016-9101
Memory leak in hw/net/eepro100.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and QEMU process crash) by repeatedly unplugging an i8255x (PRO100) NIC device.
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 hw/net/eepro100.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and QEMU process crash) by repeatedly unplugging an i8255x (PRO100) NIC device.
- 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 · debian/debian linux
- 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/2016/10/27/14Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/30/5Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93957Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-10/msg03024.htmlMailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-49Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00140.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/27/14Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/30/5Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93957Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-10/msg03024.htmlMailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-49Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.