CVE-2016-9103 Information

Description

The v9fs_xattrcreate function in hw/9pfs/9p.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to obtain sensitive host heap memory information by reading xattribute values before writing to them.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=eb687602853b4ae656e9236ee4222609f3a6887d http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/28/1 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/30/7 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93955 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-10/msg01790.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

HIGH

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

NONE

Base Severity

6.0