CVE-2009-3616

CRITICAL

Qemu < 0.10.6 - Use After Free

Title source: rule

Description

Multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities in vnc.c in the VNC server in QEMU 0.10.6 and earlier might allow guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the host OS by establishing a connection from a VNC client and then (1) disconnecting during data transfer, (2) sending a message using incorrect integer data types, or (3) using the Fuzzy Screen Mode protocol, related to double free vulnerabilities.

References (10)

[Broken Link, Exploit] http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/qemu.git/commit/?id=198a0039c5

[Broken Link, Exploit] http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/qemu.git/commit/?id=753b405331

[Mailing List] http://marc.info/?l=qemu-devel&m=124324043812915

[Third Party Advisory] http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2009-1272.html

[Mailing List, Patch] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/16/5

[Mailing List, Patch] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/16/8

[Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36716

[Issue Tracking, Patch] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=501131

[Exploit, Issue Tracking] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=505641

[Issue Tracking] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=508567

Scores

CVSS v3 9.9

EPSS 0.0086

EPSS Percentile 74.7%

Attack Vector NETWORK

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

Classification

CWE

CWE-416

Status draft

Affected Products (3)

qemu/qemu < 0.10.6

redhat/enterprise_linux_server

redhat/enterprise_linux_workstation

Timeline

Published Oct 23, 2009

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026