CVE-2016-9914
QEMU Quick Emulator Denial of Service
Description
Memory leak in hw/9pfs/9p.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local privileged guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host memory consumption and possibly QEMU process crash) by leveraging a missing cleanup operation in FileOperations.
INFO
Published Date :
Dec. 29, 2016, 10:59 p.m.
Last Modified :
Feb. 12, 2023, 11:27 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
4.0
Exploitability Score :
2.0
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth
information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2016-9914.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=702dbcc274e2ca43be20ba64c758c0ca57dab91d | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/06/11 | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/08/7 | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94729 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html | Third Party Advisory |
| https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-11/msg03278.html | Patch Vendor Advisory |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-49 | Third Party Advisory |
We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).
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The following list is the news that have been mention
CVE-2016-9914 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2016-9914 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Feb. 12, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=702dbcc274e2ca43be20ba64c758c0ca57dab91d [Issue Tracking, Patch] Added Reference http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=702dbcc274e2ca43be20ba64c758c0ca57dab91d [No Types Assigned] -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Nov. 10, 2020
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed CVSS V3 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-49 No Types Assigned https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-49 Third Party Advisory Removed CWE NIST CWE-400 Added CWE NIST CWE-401 Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 2.7.1 *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:2.8.0:rc0:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:2.8.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Sep. 07, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jul. 01, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-49 [No Types Assigned] -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Jan. 03, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94729 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94729 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Dec. 31, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94729 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Dec. 30, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/08/7 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/08/7 Third Party Advisory, Mailing List Changed Reference Type http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=702dbcc274e2ca43be20ba64c758c0ca57dab91d No Types Assigned http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=702dbcc274e2ca43be20ba64c758c0ca57dab91d Issue Tracking, Patch Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/06/11 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/06/11 Third Party Advisory, Mailing List Changed Reference Type https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-11/msg03278.html No Types Assigned https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-11/msg03278.html Vendor Advisory, Patch Added CWE CWE-400 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2016-9914 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2016-9914
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.06 }} 0.00%
score
0.24592
percentile