Description
Memory leak in the virtio_gpu_resource_create_2d function in hw/display/virtio-gpu.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of VIRTIO_GPU_CMD_RESOURCE_CREATE_2D commands.
Published: 2016-12-10
Score: 6.0 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-8842 Memory leak in the virtio_gpu_resource_create_2d function in hw/display/virtio-gpu.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of VIRTIO_GPU_CMD_RESOURCE_CREATE_2D commands.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3125-1 QEMU vulnerabilities
History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T02:13:21.646Z

Reserved: 2016-09-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-7994

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-12-10T00:59:21.547

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2016-7994

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2016-09-19T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-7994 - Bugzilla

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