VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2016-9105

CVSS score6 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.40%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2016-12-09
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 the v9fs_link function in hw/9pfs/9p.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via vectors involving a reference to the source fid object.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-772: Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

Primary references