Vulnerability in Qemu
CVE-2016-10155
Memory leak in hw/watchdog/wdt_i6300esb.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service (host memory consumption and QEMU process crash) via a large number of device unplug operations.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.0 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (34.0th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 34th percentile — 34.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: +0.000
Affected products
- Qemu
- Debian Linux — versions 8.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/95770 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html (mailing-list, Third Party Advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/21/4 (mailing-list, Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2392 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- git.qemu.org/
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-28 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/20/14 (mailing-list, Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2408 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2016-10155?
- CVE-2016-10155 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Qemu, classified under Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 6.0/10. Published 2017-03-15.
- How severe is CVE-2016-10155?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.0 out of 10.