CVE-2016-9103

MEDIUM

QEMU - Info Disclosure

Title source: llm

Description

The v9fs_xattrcreate function in hw/9pfs/9p.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to obtain sensitive host heap memory information by reading xattribute values before writing to them.

References (7)

[Patch] http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=eb687602853b4ae656e9236ee4222609f3a6887d

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/28/1

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/30/7

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93955

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html

[Patch, Third Party Advisory] https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-10/msg01790.html

[Third Party Advisory] https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-11

Scores

CVSS v3 6.0

EPSS 0.0012

EPSS Percentile 30.3%

Attack Vector LOCAL

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

Classification

CWE

CWE-200

Status published

Affected Products (3)

qemu/qemu < 2.7.1

debian/debian_linux

n/a/n/a

Timeline

Published Dec 09, 2016

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026