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.
Published: 2016-12-23
Score: 6.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1497-1 qemu security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-10696 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3261-1 QEMU vulnerabilities
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Debian Debian Linux
Qemu Qemu
Redhat Enterprise Linux Openstack Virtualization
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T03:07:31.326Z

Reserved: 2016-12-08T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-9907

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-12-23T22:59:00.410

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

Link: CVE-2016-9907

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2016-11-07T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-9907 - Bugzilla

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