CVE-2016-9923

MEDIUM

Qemu < 2.7.1 - Use-After-Free in Chardev Backend

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Quick Emulator (Qemu) built with the 'chardev' backend support is vulnerable to a use after free issue. It could occur while hotplug and unplugging the device in the guest. A guest user/process could use this flaw to crash a Qemu process on the host resulting in DoS.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/09/2
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-49
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94827

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0015
EPSS Percentile 35.3%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-416
Status published
Products (1)
qemu/qemu < 2.7.1
Published Dec 23, 2016
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026