CVE-2016-9911 describes a memory leakage vulnerability in Quick Emulator (Qemu) when using USB EHCI Emulation, affecting products like Debian and Red Hat. A guest user can exploit this flaw during packet processing in 'ehci_init_transfer' to leak host memory, leading to a denial-of-service (DoS) condition for the host system. Rated 6.5 Medium, this local, low-complexity attack primarily impacts availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
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