CVE-2016-7994

Summary

CVECVE-2016-7994
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-12-10 00:59:00 UTC
Updated2020-10-21 20:21:00 UTC
DescriptionMemory leak in the virtio_gpu_resource_create_2d function in hw/display/virtio-gpu.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of VIRTIO_GPU_CMD_RESOURCE_CREATE_2D commands.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-772

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Opensuse Leap 42.2 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 42.2 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - Re: CVE request Qemu virtio-gpu: memory leak in virtio_gpu_resource_create_2d MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[Qemu-devel] [PATCH] virtio-gpu: fix memory leak in virtio_gpu_resource_ MLIST lists.gnu.org Patch, Third Party Advisory
QEMU: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201611-11) — Gentoo Security GENTOO security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
QEMU 'hw/display/virtio-gpu.c' Information Disclosure Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
oss-security - CVE request Qemu virtio-gpu: memory leak in virtio_gpu_resource_create_2d MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
openSUSE-SU-2016:3237-1: moderate: Security update for qemu SUSE lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 501229 Alpine Linux Security Update for qemu
  • 505339 Alpine Linux Security Update for qemu
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