CVE-2016-9104 describes multiple integer overflow vulnerabilities in QEMU's v9fs_xattr_read and v9fs_xattr_write functions, impacting various QEMU and Debian/openSUSE QEMU distributions. These flaws allow a local guest OS administrator to trigger an out-of-bounds access, leading to a denial of service (QEMU process crash). With a CVSS score of 4.4 (Medium), the vulnerability requires high privileges (PR:H) and local access (AV:L) to exploit, resulting in a high impact on availability (A:H) but no impact on confidentiality or integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
42.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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