VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2016-9913

CVSS score6.5 MEDIUM

EPSS probability0.41%

CISA KEVNot currently listed

Published2016-12-29

Last modified2026-06-17

Description

Memory leak in the v9fs_device_unrealize_common function 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) via vectors involving the order of resource cleanup.