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CVE-2016-9907

Qemu: usb: redirector: memory leakage when destroying redirector

Severity Score

6.5
*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

< 1%
*EPSS

Affected Versions

9
*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

Quick Emulator (Qemu) built with the USB redirector usb-guest support is vulnerable to a memory leakage flaw. It could occur while destroying the USB redirector in 'usbredir_handle_destroy'. A guest user/process could use this issue to leak host memory, resulting in DoS for a host.

Quick Emulator (Qemu) construido con el soporte del USB redirector usb-guest es vulnerable a una falla de fuga de memoria. Podría ocurrir mientras se destruye el redirector USB en 'usbredir_handle_destroy'. Un usuario/proceso invitado podría usar este problema para filtrar memoria del host, resultando en un D0S para un host.

KVM is a full virtualization solution for Linux on a variety of architectures. The qemu-kvm-rhev packages provide the user-space component for running virtual machines that use KVM in environments managed by Red Hat products. The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: qemu-kvm-rhev. Security Fix: A stack buffer overflow flaw was found in the Quick Emulator built with the Network Block Device client support. The flaw could occur while processing server's response to a 'NBD_OPT_LIST' request. A malicious NBD server could use this issue to crash a remote NBD client resulting in DoS or potentially execute arbitrary code on client host with privileges of the QEMU process.

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Adjacent
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Low
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Complete
Attack Vector
Adjacent
Attack Complexity
Medium
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
-
Automatable
-
Tech. Impact
-
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2016-12-08 CVE Reserved
  • 2016-12-23 CVE Published
  • 2024-08-06 CVE Updated
  • 2025-04-03 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
  • CWE-244: Improper Clearing of Heap Memory Before Release ('Heap Inspection')
  • CWE-772: Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions (9)