CVE-2016-9907

MEDIUM

Qemu < 2.7.1 - Resource Leak

Title source: rule

Description

Quick Emulator (Qemu) built with the USB redirector usb-guest support is vulnerable to a memory leakage flaw. It could occur while destroying the USB redirector in 'usbredir_handle_destroy'. A guest user/process could use this issue to leak host memory, resulting in DoS for a host.

References (6)

[Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/08/3

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94759

[Third Party Advisory] https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2392

[Third Party Advisory] https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2408

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html

[Third Party Advisory] https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-49

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5

EPSS 0.0015

EPSS Percentile 35.8%

Attack Vector LOCAL

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

Classification

CWE

CWE-772

Status published

Affected Products (10)

qemu/qemu < 2.7.1

debian/debian_linux

redhat/openstack

redhat/openstack

redhat/openstack

redhat/openstack

redhat/openstack

redhat/openstack

redhat/virtualization

n/a/n/a

Timeline

Published Dec 23, 2016

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026