CVE-2016-9101 Information

Description

Memory leak in hw/net/eepro100.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and QEMU process crash) by repeatedly unplugging an i8255x (PRO100) NIC device.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Reference

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00140.html http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/27/14 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/30/5 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93957 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-10/msg03024.html https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-49

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