CVE-2016-9914
Global infos:
Memory leak 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) by leveraging a missing cleanup operation in FileOperations.
CVE Status: Modified
References:
Metrics:
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Attack Complexity | LOW |
| Attack Vector | LOCAL |
| Availability Impact | HIGH |
| Base Score | 6.5 |
| Base Severity | MEDIUM |
| Confidentiality Impact | NONE |
| Integrity Impact | NONE |
| Privileges Required | LOW |
| Scope | CHANGED |
| User Interaction | NONE |
| Vector String | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| Exploitability Score | 2 |
| Impact Score | 4 |
| Source | [email protected] |
| Type | Primary |