CVE-2016-9908

Description

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.

Category

3.3
CVSS
Severity: Low
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.07%
Vendor Advisory gentoo.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/08/4 mailing list third party advisory patch
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-49 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94761 vdb entry third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2016-9908?
CVE-2016-9908 has been scored as a low severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2016-9908?
To fix CVE-2016-9908, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2016-9908 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2016-9908 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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