VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2016-9923

CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability1.26%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2016-12-23
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

Quick Emulator (Qemu) built with the 'chardev' backend support is vulnerable to a use after free issue. It could occur while hotplug and unplugging the device in the guest. A guest user/process could use this flaw to crash a Qemu process on the host resulting in DoS.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-416: Use After Free

Primary references