VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2016-10155

CVSS score6 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.42%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-03-15
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

Memory leak in hw/watchdog/wdt_i6300esb.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service (host memory consumption and QEMU process crash) via a large number of device unplug operations.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-401: Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

Primary references