CVE-2016-9106
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3125-1
Severity Score
Exploit Likelihood
Affected Versions
Public Exploits
0Exploited in Wild
-Decision
Descriptions
Memory leak in the v9fs_write function in hw/9pfs/9p.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by leveraging failure to free an IO vector.
Fuga de memoria en la función v9fs_write en hw/9pfs/9p.c en QEMU (también conocido como Quick Emulator) permite a administradores locales del SO invitado provocar una denegación de servicio (consumo de memoria) aprovechando el fallo para liberar un vector de IO.
Zhenhao Hong discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled the Virtio module. A privileged attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to consume resources, resulting in a denial of service. Li Qiang discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled VMWARE VMXNET3 network card emulation support. A privileged attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.10. Various other issues were also addressed.
CVSS Scores
SSVC
- Decision:-
Timeline
- 2016-10-28 CVE Reserved
- 2016-11-10 CVE Published
- 2024-08-06 CVE Updated
- 2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
- ---------- Exploited in Wild
- ---------- KEV Due Date
- ---------- First Exploit
CWE
- CWE-772: Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime
CAPEC
References (7)
| URL | Tag | Source |
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| http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fdfcc9aeea1492f4b819a24c94dfb678145b1bf9 | X_refsource_confirm | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/28/4 | Mailing List |
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| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/30/10 | Mailing List |
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| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93964 | Third Party Advisory | |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html | Mailing List |
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| URL | Date | SRC |
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| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|---|---|
| https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-10/msg02623.html | 2023-02-13 |
| URL | Date | SRC |
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| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00140.html | 2023-02-13 |
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | <-- --> | Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status |
| Qemu Search vendor "Qemu" | Qemu Search vendor "Qemu" for product "Qemu" | <= 2.7.1 Search vendor "Qemu" for product "Qemu" and version " <= 2.7.1" | - |
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| Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse" | Leap Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Leap" | 42.2 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Leap" and version "42.2" | - |
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| Debian Search vendor "Debian" | Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" | 8.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "8.0" | - |
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