CVE-2016-9913 is a memory leak vulnerability in QEMU's v9fs_device_unrealize_common function, affecting QEMU versions. It allows a local privileged guest OS user to trigger a denial of service by consuming host memory and potentially crashing the QEMU process through specific resource cleanup order. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), indicating a low attack complexity and requiring local privileges, with a high impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, and it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.7.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:2.8.0:rc0:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:2.8.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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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