CVE-2016-9913

MEDIUM

Qemu < 2.7.1 - Memory Leak

Title source: rule

Description

Memory leak in the v9fs_device_unrealize_common function in hw/9pfs/9p.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local privileged guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host memory consumption and possibly QEMU process crash) via vectors involving the order of resource cleanup.

References (6)

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5
EPSS 0.0007
EPSS Percentile 21.5%
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-401
Status draft

Affected Products (3)

qemu/qemu < 2.7.1
qemu/qemu
qemu/qemu

Timeline

Published Dec 29, 2016
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026