CVE-2016-9915 describes a memory leak in QEMU's 9pfs handle backend (hw/9pfs/9p-handle.c) affecting Debian and QEMU products. A local, privileged guest OS user can exploit this by leveraging a missing cleanup operation, leading to host memory consumption and potential QEMU process crashes, resulting in a denial of service. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), indicating a low attack complexity and requiring local access with low privileges to achieve high availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
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:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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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