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.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-678-1 qemu security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-679-1 qemu-kvm security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1599-1 qemu security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-9425 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3125-1 QEMU vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T02:27:40.920Z

Reserved: 2016-10-10T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-8577

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2016-11-04T21:59:01.520

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2016-8577

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-8577 - Bugzilla

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