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CVE-2016-9101

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-9101 describes a memory leak in QEMU's eepro100.c, allowing local guest OS administrators to trigger a denial of service by repeatedly unplugging an i8255x NIC device. Rated Medium (CVSS 6.0), this vulnerability requires high privileges and local access to the guest OS, leading to memory consumption and a QEMU process crash. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

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

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
0.39%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
32.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0039 is in the 81st percentile among its peer group of 3,720 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: qemu-kvm

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-9101Low

Qemu: net: eepro100 memory leakage at device unplug

Oct 8, 2016

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00140.html
Mailing ListThird 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/msg03024.html
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201701-49
Third Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/10/27/14
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/10/30/5
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/93957
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry