CVE-2016-9921 describes a divide-by-zero vulnerability in Qemu's Cirrus CLGD 54xx VGA Emulator, affecting products like Debian and Red Hat. A privileged guest user could exploit this flaw to trigger a denial-of-service on the host Qemu instance. With a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), this local attack requires low privileges and has a high impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion 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:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:2.8.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
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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