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.
Published: 2016-12-29
Score: 6.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-10700 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3261-1 QEMU vulnerabilities
History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T03:07:31.588Z

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

Link: CVE-2016-9913

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-12-29T22:59:00.620

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

Link: CVE-2016-9913

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-9913 - Bugzilla

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