CVE-2016-9106

CVSS V2 Low 2.1 CVSS V3 Medium 6
Description
Memory leak in the v9fs_write function in hw/9pfs/9p.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by leveraging failure to free an IO vector.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-9106
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2016-12-09T22:59:12
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2023-02-13T04:50:15
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-772 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/772.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2.7.1
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 2.1
  • Severity
  • LOW
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • HIGH
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • CHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 6
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.5
  • Impact Score
  • 4
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=fdfcc9aeea1492f4b819a24c94dfb678145b1bf9 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/28/4 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/30/10 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-10/msg02623.html Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93964 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00140.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9106
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-9106
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:08:01 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 12:17:48 2016-12-09T22:59Z 2016-12-09T22:59:12 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 12:17:48 2020-10-15T17:56:31 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 12:17:48 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated
2023-02-13 05:07:27 2023-02-13T04:50:15 CVE Modified Date updated
2023-02-13 05:07:27 Analyzed Modified Vulnerability Status updated