VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2016-9913
Memory leak in the v9fs_device_unrealize_common function in hw/9pfs/9p.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) via vectors involving the…
MEDIUM 6.5EPSS 0.41%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.41%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Memory leak in the v9fs_device_unrealize_common function in hw/9pfs/9p.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) via vectors involving the order of resource cleanup.
- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.41% probability · 34th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-401
- Affected
- qemu/qemu
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4774718e5c194026ba5ee7a28d9be49be3080e42
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/06/11Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/08/7Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94729Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-11/msg03278.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-49Third Party Advisory
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4774718e5c194026ba5ee7a28d9be49be3080e42
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/06/11Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/08/7Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94729Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-11/msg03278.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-49Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.