CVE-2016-8577 — Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime in Qemu

CWE-772 — Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime10 documents7 sources
Severity
6.0MEDIUMNVD
OSV5.5
EPSS
0.1%
top 70.60%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
QemuDebian QemuDebian Linux+1 more
Timeline
PublishedNov 4
Latest updateMay 13

Description

Memory leak in the v9fs_read function in hw/9pfs/9p.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via vectors related to an I/O read operation.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.5 | Impact: 4.0

Affected Packages5 packages

▶debiandebian/qemu< qemu 1:2.8+dfsg-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianqemu/qemu< 1:2.8+dfsg-1+3
▶Ubuntuqemu/qemu< 2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.30+1
▶NVDqemu/qemu2.7.1
▶NVDopensuse/leap42.2

Also affects: Debian Linux 8.0

Patches

Patch: www.openwall.com ↗Patch: www.openwall.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-cf7f-fcvj-qqfj: Memory leak in the v9fs_read function in hw/9pfs/9p↗2022-05-13
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OSV
qemu, qemu-kvm vulnerabilities↗2016-11-09
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OSV
CVE-2016-8577: Memory leak in the v9fs_read function in hw/9pfs/9p↗2016-11-04
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
QEMU vulnerabilities↗2016-11-09
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Red Hat
Qemu: 9pfs: host memory leakage in v9fs_read↗2016-09-27
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Debian
CVE-2016-8577: qemu - Memory leak in the v9fs_read function in hw/9pfs/9p.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulato...↗2016
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💬Community

3
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-8577 Qemu: 9pfs: host memory leakage in v9fs_read↗2016-10-10
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-8577 xen: Qemu: 9pfs: host memory leakage in v9fs_read [fedora-all]↗2016-10-10
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-8577 Qemu: 9pfs: host memory leakage in v9fs_read [fedora-all]↗2016-10-10
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