CVE-2016-9912

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Summary

CVECVE-2016-9912
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-12-23 22:59:00 UTC
Updated2020-12-14 20:03:00 UTC
DescriptionQuick 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-772

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Qemu Qemu All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
QEMU 'hw/display/virtio-gpu.c' Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
QEMU: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201701-49) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Re: CVE request Qemu: display: virtio-gpu: memory leakage when destroying gpu resource MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Patch, 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)
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