CVE-2016-9101 — Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime in Qemu

CWE-772 — Missing Release of Resource after Effective LifetimeCWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer9 documents7 sources
Severity
6.0MEDIUMNVD
OSV5.5
EPSS
0.1%
top 69.83%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
QemuDebian QemuDebian Linux+1 more
Timeline
PublishedDec 9
Latest updateMay 13

Description

Memory leak in hw/net/eepro100.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and QEMU process crash) by repeatedly unplugging an i8255x (PRO100) NIC device.

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 ↗Patch: lists.gnu.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-94h6-3834-pg82: Memory leak in hw/net/eepro100↗2022-05-13
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OSV
CVE-2016-9101: Memory leak in hw/net/eepro100↗2016-12-09
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OSV
qemu, qemu-kvm vulnerabilities↗2016-11-09
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
QEMU vulnerabilities↗2016-11-09
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Red Hat
Qemu: net: eepro100 memory leakage at device unplug↗2016-10-08
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Debian
CVE-2016-9101: qemu - Memory leak in hw/net/eepro100.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest...↗2016
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-9101 Qemu: net: eepro100 memory leakage at device unplug↗2016-10-27
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-9101 Qemu: net: eepro100 memory leakage at device unplug [fedora-all]↗2016-10-27
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