CVE-2016-9103 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting QEMU, specifically its v9fs_xattrcreate function. It allows local guest OS administrators to read sensitive host heap memory information by accessing xattribute values before they are properly written. The attack requires high privileges on the guest OS and has a high impact on confidentiality. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(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:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
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