What is the severity of CVE-2016-8577?

CVE-2016-8577 has a medium severity rating due to its potential to cause denial of service through memory consumption.

How do I fix CVE-2016-8577?

To mitigate CVE-2016-8577, upgrade QEMU to version 2.8.0 or later, which addresses the memory leak vulnerability.

Who is affected by CVE-2016-8577?

CVE-2016-8577 affects local guest OS administrators running vulnerable versions of QEMU on operating systems like Debian 8.0 and openSUSE Leap 42.2.

What impact does CVE-2016-8577 have on systems?

CVE-2016-8577 can lead to denial of service by consuming excessive memory through specific I/O read operations.

Is CVE-2016-8577 exploitable remotely?

CVE-2016-8577 is not remotely exploitable as it requires local access to the guest OS.

Vulnerability/
CVE-2016-8577

medium

CWE

772

4/11/2016

6/8/2024

CVE-2016-8577

First published: Fri Nov 04 2016(Updated: )

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.

Credit: secalert@redhat.com

Affected Software	Affected Version	How to fix
QEMU KVM	<=2.7.1
Debian Debian Linux	=8.0
openSUSE	=42.2

Remedy

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/10/7

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2016-8577?
CVE-2016-8577 has a medium severity rating due to its potential to cause denial of service through memory consumption.
How do I fix CVE-2016-8577?
To mitigate CVE-2016-8577, upgrade QEMU to version 2.8.0 or later, which addresses the memory leak vulnerability.
Who is affected by CVE-2016-8577?
CVE-2016-8577 affects local guest OS administrators running vulnerable versions of QEMU on operating systems like Debian 8.0 and openSUSE Leap 42.2.
What impact does CVE-2016-8577 have on systems?
CVE-2016-8577 can lead to denial of service by consuming excessive memory through specific I/O read operations.
Is CVE-2016-8577 exploitable remotely?
CVE-2016-8577 is not remotely exploitable as it requires local access to the guest OS.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2016-8577?
CVE-2016-8577 has a medium severity rating due to its potential to cause denial of service through memory consumption.
How do I fix CVE-2016-8577?
To mitigate CVE-2016-8577, upgrade QEMU to version 2.8.0 or later, which addresses the memory leak vulnerability.
Who is affected by CVE-2016-8577?
CVE-2016-8577 affects local guest OS administrators running vulnerable versions of QEMU on operating systems like Debian 8.0 and openSUSE Leap 42.2.
What impact does CVE-2016-8577 have on systems?
CVE-2016-8577 can lead to denial of service by consuming excessive memory through specific I/O read operations.
Is CVE-2016-8577 exploitable remotely?
CVE-2016-8577 is not remotely exploitable as it requires local access to the guest OS.