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CVE-2016-8909

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-8909 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the intel_hda_xfer function of QEMU, affecting Debian, openSUSE, and Red Hat. A local guest OS administrator can trigger an infinite loop and high CPU consumption by providing specific buffer length and pointer position values. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.0 (Medium) with a local attack vector and high impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.7.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
42.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.0MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.5
Impact Score
4.0
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.44%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
36.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0044 is in the 86th percentile among its peer group of 3,720 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (9)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6.0 (Juno) for RHEL 7Fixed in: qemu-kvm-rhev-10:2.9.0-10.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 (Kilo) for RHEL 7Fixed in: qemu-kvm-rhev-10:2.9.0-10.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10.0 (Newton)Fixed in: qemu-kvm-rhev-10:2.9.0-10.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 11.0 (Ocata)Fixed in: qemu-kvm-rhev-10:2.9.0-10.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8.0 (Liberty)Fixed in: qemu-kvm-rhev-10:2.9.0-10.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9.0 (Mitaka)Fixed in: qemu-kvm-rhev-10:2.9.0-10.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Virtualization 4 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: qemu-kvm-rhev-10:2.9.0-14.el7
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redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: qemu-kvm
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5 (Icehouse)Fixed in: qemu-kvm-rhev

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-8909Low

Qemu: audio: intel-hda: infinite loop in processing dma buffer stream

Oct 20, 2016

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00140.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017:2392
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017:2408
Third Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.gnu.org / archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-10/msg04682.html
PatchThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201611-11
Third Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/10/24/1
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/10/24/4
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/93842
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry