What is the severity of CVE-2016-9914?

CVE-2016-9914 has a moderate severity level due to the potential for denial of service through memory leaks.

How do I fix CVE-2016-9914?

To fix CVE-2016-9914, update QEMU to a version later than 2.8.0-rc1 which includes the necessary cleanup operations.

Who is affected by CVE-2016-9914?

CVE-2016-9914 affects local privileged users of guest operating systems running QEMU versions up to 2.7.1 and specific release candidates.

What type of attack does CVE-2016-9914 enable?

CVE-2016-9914 enables a denial of service attack due to excessive host memory consumption and potential crashes of the QEMU process.

Where can I find more information about CVE-2016-9914?

More information about CVE-2016-9914 can typically be found in the release notes of QEMU or security mailing lists.

Vulnerability/
CVE-2016-9914

medium

6.5

CWE

401

29/12/2016

6/8/2024

CVE-2016-9914

First published: Thu Dec 29 2016(Updated: )

Memory leak in hw/9pfs/9p.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local privileged guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host memory consumption and possibly QEMU process crash) by leveraging a missing cleanup operation in FileOperations.

Credit: secalert@redhat.com

Affected Software	Affected Version	How to fix
QEMU KVM	<=2.7.1
QEMU KVM	=2.8.0-rc0
QEMU KVM	=2.8.0-rc1
Debian Debian Linux	=8.0

Remedy

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-11/msg03278.html

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2016-9914?
CVE-2016-9914 has a moderate severity level due to the potential for denial of service through memory leaks.
How do I fix CVE-2016-9914?
To fix CVE-2016-9914, update QEMU to a version later than 2.8.0-rc1 which includes the necessary cleanup operations.
Who is affected by CVE-2016-9914?
CVE-2016-9914 affects local privileged users of guest operating systems running QEMU versions up to 2.7.1 and specific release candidates.
What type of attack does CVE-2016-9914 enable?
CVE-2016-9914 enables a denial of service attack due to excessive host memory consumption and potential crashes of the QEMU process.
Where can I find more information about CVE-2016-9914?
More information about CVE-2016-9914 can typically be found in the release notes of QEMU or security mailing lists.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2016-9914?
CVE-2016-9914 has a moderate severity level due to the potential for denial of service through memory leaks.
How do I fix CVE-2016-9914?
To fix CVE-2016-9914, update QEMU to a version later than 2.8.0-rc1 which includes the necessary cleanup operations.
Who is affected by CVE-2016-9914?
CVE-2016-9914 affects local privileged users of guest operating systems running QEMU versions up to 2.7.1 and specific release candidates.
What type of attack does CVE-2016-9914 enable?
CVE-2016-9914 enables a denial of service attack due to excessive host memory consumption and potential crashes of the QEMU process.
Where can I find more information about CVE-2016-9914?
More information about CVE-2016-9914 can typically be found in the release notes of QEMU or security mailing lists.