CVE-2016-8577 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

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 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-11

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

HIGH

User Interaction Required

HIGH

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

CHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

6.0