CVE-2016-8577medium
Description
Memory leak in the v9fs_read function in hw/9pfs/9p.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via vectors related to an I/O read operation.
References
http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=e95c9a493a5a8d6f969e86c9f19f80ffe6587e19
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00140.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/10/13
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/10/7
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93473
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html
Details
Source: MITRE
Published: 2016-11-04
Updated: 2020-10-15
Type: CWE-772
Risk Information
CVSS v2
Base Score: 2.1
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Impact Score: 2.9
Exploitability Score: 3.9
Severity: LOW
CVSS v3
Base Score: 6
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Impact Score: 4
Exploitability Score: 1.5
Severity: MEDIUM