Information disclosure in Qemu
CVE-2016-9845
QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) built with the Virtio GPU Device emulator support is vulnerable to an information leakage issue. It could occur while processing 'VIRTIO_GPU_CMD_GET_CAPSET_INFO' command. A guest user/process could use this flaw to leak contents of the host memory bytes.
Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (33.4th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 33rd percentile — 33.4% 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 — versions 2.8.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/22 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-11/msg00019.html (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list, Patch)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-49 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/94763 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/15 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2016-9845?
- CVE-2016-9845 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Qemu, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2016-12-29.
- How severe is CVE-2016-9845?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.