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ALPINE-CVE-2016-7994

ALPINE-CVE-2016-7994 PUBLISHED CVSS 6 MEDIUM

Memory leak in the virtio_gpu_resource_create_2d function in hw/display/virtio-gpu.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of VIRTIO_GPU_CMD_RESOURCE_CREATE_2D commands.

Risk Scores

CVSS 3.1
6
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Alpine:v3.7qemu2.8.1-r0, 0, 0.10.6-r0
Alpine:v3.8qemu0, 0.10.6-r0, 0.10.6-r1
Alpine:v3.6qemu2.8.1-r0, 0, 0.10.6-r0
Alpine:v3.10qemu2.8.1-r0, 0.10.6-r0, 0
Alpine:v3.9qemu0.10.6-r0, 0.10.6-r2, 0.11.0-r0

Timeline

  • Dec 10, 2016 CVE Published
  • Nov 19, 2025 CVE Updated
  • Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch
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