Information disclosure in Qemu
CVE-2016-9908
Quick Emulator (Qemu) 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' 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 3.3 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (31.9th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 32nd percentile — 31.9% 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
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/08/4 (mailing-list, Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-49 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/94761 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2016-9908?
- CVE-2016-9908 is a low-severity vulnerability in Qemu, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 3.3/10. Published 2016-12-23.
- How severe is CVE-2016-9908?
- Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.3 out of 10.