Quick Emulator (Qemu) built with the 'chardev' backend support is vulnerable to a use after free issue. It could occur while hotplug and unplugging the device in the guest. A guest user/process could use this flaw to crash a Qemu process on the host resulting in DoS.
References
Link | Resource |
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94827 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/09/2 | Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory |
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-49 | Third Party Advisory |
Configurations
Information
Published : 2016-12-23 14:59
Updated : 2020-12-14 12:16
NVD link : CVE-2016-9923
Mitre link : CVE-2016-9923
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CWE
CWE-416
Use After Free
Products Affected
qemu
- qemu