CVE-2016-9915
Severity Score
6.5
*CVSS v3.1
Exploit Likelihood
*EPSS
Affected Versions
*CPE
Public Exploits
0
*Multiple Sources
Exploited in Wild
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*KEV
Decision
-
*SSVC
Descriptions
Memory leak in hw/9pfs/9p-handle.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) by leveraging a missing cleanup operation in the handle backend.
Fuga de memoria en hw/9pfs/9p-handle.c en QEMU (también conocido como Quick Emulator) permite a usuarios privilegiados locales del SO huésped provocar una denegación de servicio (consumo de memoria del host y posiblemente caída del proceso QEMU) aprovechando una operación de limpieza perdida en la backend manejada.
*Credits:
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SSVC
- Decision:-
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Automatable
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* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
- 2016-12-08 CVE Reserved
- 2016-12-29 CVE Published
- 2023-03-08 EPSS Updated
- 2024-08-06 CVE Updated
- ---------- Exploited in Wild
- ---------- KEV Due Date
- ---------- First Exploit
CWE
- CWE-401: Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime
CAPEC
References (7)
| URL | Tag | Source |
|---|---|---|
| http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=971f406b77a6eb84e0ad27dcc416b663765aee30 | X_refsource_confirm | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/06/11 | Mailing List |
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| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/08/7 | Mailing List |
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| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94729 | Third Party Advisory | |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.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/2016-11/msg03278.html | 2023-02-12 |
| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|---|---|
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-49 | 2023-02-12 |
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | ||||||
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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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| Qemu Search vendor "Qemu" | Qemu Search vendor "Qemu" for product "Qemu" | 2.8.0 Search vendor "Qemu" for product "Qemu" and version "2.8.0" | rc0 |
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| Qemu Search vendor "Qemu" | Qemu Search vendor "Qemu" for product "Qemu" | 2.8.0 Search vendor "Qemu" for product "Qemu" and version "2.8.0" | rc1 |
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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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