CVE-2016-9912
MEDIUMQemu < 2.8.1.1 - Resource Leak
Title source: ruleDescription
Quick Emulator (Qemu) built with the Virtio GPU Device emulator support is vulnerable to a memory leakage issue. It could occur while destroying gpu resource object in 'virtio_gpu_resource_destroy'. A guest user/process could use this flaw to leak host memory bytes, resulting in DoS for a host.
Scores
CVSS v3
6.5
EPSS
0.0011
EPSS Percentile
29.5%
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 (2)
qemu/qemu
< 2.8.1.1
n/a/n/a
Timeline
Published
Dec 23, 2016
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026