CVE-2016-9912

low-risk
Published 2016-12-23

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.

Do I need to act?

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0.11% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
6
CVSS 6.5/10 Medium
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Qemu

References (6)

Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/08/6
Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94760
Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-49
Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/08/6
Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94760
Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-49
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low-risk
Severity 21/34 · High
Exploitability 0/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal