CVE-2016-9846

QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) built with the Virtio GPU Device emulator support is vulnerable to a memory leakage issue. It could occur while updating the cursor data in update_cursor_data_virgl. A guest user/process could use this flaw to leak host memory bytes, resulting in DoS for a host.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:2.8.0:rc0:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:2.8.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:2.8.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 03:01

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/18 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/18 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/23 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/23 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94765 - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94765 - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
References () https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-11/msg00029.html - Patch, Vendor Advisory () https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-11/msg00029.html - Patch, Vendor Advisory
References () https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-49 - Third Party Advisory () https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-49 - Third Party Advisory

Information

Published : 2016-12-29 22:59

Updated : 2024-11-21 03:01


NVD link : CVE-2016-9846

Mitre link : CVE-2016-9846

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2016-9846


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Products Affected

qemu

  • qemu
CWE
CWE-119

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer