CVE-2016-8577
Moderate
CVE-2016-8577
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.
Exploit probability
0.4%
Published
November 4, 2016
Required by
Not available
Last source change
July 8, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
110 explicit affected versions
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2016-8577
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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.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e95c9a493a5a8d6f969e86c9f19f80ffe6587e19
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00140.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/10/13
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/10/7
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93473
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-11