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CVE-2016-9105

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-9105 describes a memory leak in QEMU's v9fs_link function, affecting various QEMU and Debian/openSUSE distributions. This vulnerability allows a local guest OS administrator to trigger a denial of service by consuming memory. Rated Medium severity (CVSS 6.0), it requires high privileges and local access to the guest OS, but can lead to high availability impact. 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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
0.38%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
30.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0038 is in the 79th 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 (2)

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: qemu-kvm
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: qemu-kvm-rhev

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-9105Low

Qemu: 9pfs: memory leakage in v9fs_link

Oct 12, 2016

References

git.qemu.org
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/msg02608.html
PatchThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201611-11
Third Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/10/28/3
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/10/30/9
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/93965
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry