CVE-2016-9916

Description

Memory leak in hw/9pfs/9p-proxy.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 proxy backend.

Category

6.5
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.07%
Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory gnu.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html third party advisory mailing list
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94729 vdb entry third party advisory
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-11/msg03278.html mailing list patch vendor advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-49 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=898ae90a44551d25b8e956fd87372d303c82fe68
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/06/11 third party advisory mailing list
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/08/7 third party advisory mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2016-9916?
CVE-2016-9916 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2016-9916?
To fix CVE-2016-9916, 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-2016-9916 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2016-9916 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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