Vulnerability in Qemu
CVE-2016-9915
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.
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:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (35.5th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 36th percentile — 35.5% 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
- Debian Linux — versions 8.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html (mailing-list, Third Party Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/94729 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-11/msg03278.html (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list, Patch)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-49 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/06/11 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/08/7 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- git.qemu.org/
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2016-9915?
- CVE-2016-9915 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Qemu, classified under Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2016-12-29.
- How severe is CVE-2016-9915?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.