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CVE-2016-9846
CVE-2016-9846
PUBLISHED
QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) built with the Virtio GPU Device emulator support is vulnerable to a memory leakage issue. It could occur while updating the cursor data in update_cursor_data_virgl. A guest user/process could use this flaw to leak host memory bytes, resulting in DoS for a host.
EPSS 0.09% · 24.7th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
0.09%
24.7th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | qemu | 0, 1:2.3+dfsg-5ubuntu9, 1:2.3+dfsg-5ubuntu10 |
Exploit Intelligence
- [oss-security] 20161205 Re: CVE request Qemu: display: virtio-gpu: memory leakage while updating cursor (circl)
- [oss-security] 20161205 CVE request Qemu: display: virtio-gpu: memory leakage while updating cursor (circl)
- GLSA-201701-49 (circl)
- [qemu-devel] 20161101 [PATCH] virtio-gpu: fix memory leak in update_cursor_data_virgl (circl)
- 94765 (circl)
Timeline
- Dec 29, 2016 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 20, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 12, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 3, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 18, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 8, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 2, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 25, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-9846 third-party-advisory
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-11/msg00029.html third-party-advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/23 third-party-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3261-1 vendor-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9846 third-party-advisory