CVE-2016-9845

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Summary

CVECVE-2016-9845
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-12-29 22:59:00 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionQEMU (aka Quick Emulator) built with the Virtio GPU Device emulator support is vulnerable to an information leakage issue. It could occur while processing 'VIRTIO_GPU_CMD_GET_CAPSET_INFO' command. A guest user/process could use this flaw to leak contents of the host memory bytes.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 6.5 MEDIUM from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS: 0.000950000 probability, percentile 0.261640000 (date 2026-05-11)

Problem Types: CWE-200 | n/a

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary6.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
2.0[email protected]Primary2.1AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Qemu Qemu All All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 2.8.0 rc0 All All
Application Qemu Qemu 2.8.0 rc1 All All
Application Qemu Qemu 2.8.0 rc2 All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - Re: CVE request: Qemu: display: virtio-gpu-3d: information leakage in virgl_cmd_get_capset_info af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
QEMU: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201701-49) — Gentoo security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
QEMU '/hw/display/virtio-gpu-3d.c' Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
[Qemu-devel] [PATCH] virtio-gpu: fix information leak in getting capset af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.nongnu.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
oss-security - CVE request: Qemu: display: virtio-gpu-3d: information leakage in virgl_cmd_get_capset_info af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com 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

  • 710389 Gentoo Linux QEMU Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201701-49)
  • 900063 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for qemu-kvm 4.2.0
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