VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2016-9907

CVSS score6.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.43%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2016-12-23
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

Quick Emulator (Qemu) built with the USB redirector usb-guest support is vulnerable to a memory leakage flaw. It could occur while destroying the USB redirector in 'usbredir_handle_destroy'. A guest user/process could use this issue to leak host memory, resulting in DoS for a host.

Weakness classification

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

Primary references