VDB
CVE-2016-9915
CVE-2016-9915
PUBLISHED
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.
EPSS 0.07% · 22.0th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
0.07%
22.0th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | qemu | 0, 1:2.3+dfsg-5ubuntu9, 1:2.4+dfsg-4ubuntu2 |
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | qemu | 0, 1.5.0+dfsg-3ubuntu6, 1.6.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1 |
Exploit Intelligence
- [debian-lts-announce] 20180906 [SECURITY] [DLA 1497-1] qemu security update (circl)
- 94729 (circl)
- [qemu-devel] 20161116 [PATCH v3 0/4] 9pfs: add cleanup operation in handle/proxy backend (circl)
- GLSA-201701-49 (circl)
- [oss-security] 20161207 CVE request Qemu: 9pfs: memory leakage via proxy/handle callbacks (circl)
- [oss-security] 20161208 Re: CVE request Qemu: 9pfs: memory leakage via proxy/handle callbacks (circl)
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=971f406b77a6eb84e0ad27dcc416b663765aee30 (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-2016-9915 third-party-advisory
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-11/msg03278.html third-party-advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/06/11 third-party-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3261-1 vendor-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9915 third-party-advisory