What is the severity of CVE-2016-9916?

CVE-2016-9916 has a moderate severity rating due to its potential to cause denial of service through a memory leak.

How do I fix CVE-2016-9916?

To fix CVE-2016-9916, upgrade to a version of QEMU that is higher than 2.8.0, which addresses the memory leak issue.

Who is affected by CVE-2016-9916?

CVE-2016-9916 affects local privileged guest OS users running QEMU versions up to 2.8.0.

What types of systems are vulnerable to CVE-2016-9916?

Vulnerable systems include QEMU versions below 2.8.0 and Debian Linux version 8.0.

What are the consequences of CVE-2016-9916?

The consequences of CVE-2016-9916 include host memory consumption which may lead to a crash of the QEMU process.

Vulnerability/
CVE-2016-9916

medium

6.5

CWE

401

29/12/2016

6/8/2024

CVE-2016-9916

First published: Thu Dec 29 2016(Updated: )

Memory leak in hw/9pfs/9p-proxy.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 the proxy backend.

Credit: secalert@redhat.com

Affected Software	Affected Version	How to fix
QEMU KVM	<2.8.0
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-2016-9916?
CVE-2016-9916 has a moderate severity rating due to its potential to cause denial of service through a memory leak.
How do I fix CVE-2016-9916?
To fix CVE-2016-9916, upgrade to a version of QEMU that is higher than 2.8.0, which addresses the memory leak issue.
Who is affected by CVE-2016-9916?
CVE-2016-9916 affects local privileged guest OS users running QEMU versions up to 2.8.0.
What types of systems are vulnerable to CVE-2016-9916?
Vulnerable systems include QEMU versions below 2.8.0 and Debian Linux version 8.0.
What are the consequences of CVE-2016-9916?
The consequences of CVE-2016-9916 include host memory consumption which may lead to a crash of the QEMU process.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2016-9916?
CVE-2016-9916 has a moderate severity rating due to its potential to cause denial of service through a memory leak.
How do I fix CVE-2016-9916?
To fix CVE-2016-9916, upgrade to a version of QEMU that is higher than 2.8.0, which addresses the memory leak issue.
Who is affected by CVE-2016-9916?
CVE-2016-9916 affects local privileged guest OS users running QEMU versions up to 2.8.0.
What types of systems are vulnerable to CVE-2016-9916?
Vulnerable systems include QEMU versions below 2.8.0 and Debian Linux version 8.0.
What are the consequences of CVE-2016-9916?
The consequences of CVE-2016-9916 include host memory consumption which may lead to a crash of the QEMU process.