CVE-2016-9907
Published: 23 December 2016
Quick Emulator (Qemu) built with the USB redirector usb-guest support is vulnerable to a memory leakage flaw. It could occur while destroying the USB redirector in 'usbredir_handle_destroy'. A guest user/process could use this issue to leak host memory, resulting in DoS for a host.
Priority
Status
Package | Release | Status |
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qemu-kvm Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
upstream |
Needs triage
|
precise |
Not vulnerable
|
|
trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
xenial |
Does not exist
|
|
yakkety |
Does not exist
|
|
zesty |
Does not exist
|
|
qemu Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
upstream |
Needs triage
|
precise |
Does not exist
|
|
trusty |
Not vulnerable
|
|
xenial |
Released
(1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.11)
|
|
yakkety |
Released
(1:2.6.1+dfsg-0ubuntu5.4)
|
|
zesty |
Not vulnerable
(1:2.8+dfsg-3ubuntu2)
|
|
Patches: upstream: http://git.qemu-project.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=07b026fd82d6cf11baf7d7c603c4f5f6070b35bf |
Severity score breakdown
Parameter | Value |
---|---|
Base score | 6.5 |
Attack vector | Local |
Attack complexity | Low |
Privileges required | Low |
User interaction | None |
Scope | Changed |
Confidentiality | None |
Integrity impact | None |
Availability impact | High |
Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H |