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.
References
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http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/18 | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/23 | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94765 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-11/msg00029.html | Patch Vendor Advisory |
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-49 | Third Party Advisory |
Configurations
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History
No history.
Information
Published : 2016-12-29 22:59
Updated : 2024-02-28 15:44
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