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.

CVSS v3.0 6.5 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 4.9 MEDIUM

6.5^/10

CVSS v3.0 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.0 / Impact : 4.0

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope CHANGED

4.9^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 6.9

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-11/msg03278.html	Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/08/7	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/06/11	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94729	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-49	Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html	Third Party Advisory
http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=971f406b77a6eb84e0ad27dcc416b663765aee30

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:2.8.0:rc0::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:2.8.0:rc1::::::

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2016-12-29 14:59

Updated : 2023-02-12 15:27

NVD link : CVE-2016-9915

Mitre link : CVE-2016-9915

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-401

Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

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Products Affected

debian

debian_linux

qemu

qemu

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