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CVE-2016-9908

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-9908 describes an information leakage vulnerability in Quick Emulator (Qemu) when configured with Virtio GPU Device emulator support. A low-privileged guest user can exploit this flaw by sending a specific command (VIRTIO_GPU_CMD_GET_CAPSET) to leak contents of the host's memory. While the CVSS score is low (3.3) due to requiring local access and only impacting confidentiality, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.8.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

3.3LOW

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.40%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
32.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0040 is in the 89th percentile among its peer group of 1,509 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-9908Low

Qemu: display: virtio-gpu: information leakage in virgl_cmd_get_capset

Nov 1, 2016

References

security.gentoo.org / glsa/201701-49
Third Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/12/08/4
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/94761
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry