The v9fs_iov_vunmarshal function in fsdev/9p-iov-marshal.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and QEMU process crash) by sending an empty string parameter to a 9P operation.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2016-11-04T21:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T02:27:40.958Z

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

Link: CVE-2016-8578

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-11-04T21:59:02.723

Modified: 2024-11-21T02:59:36.280

Link: CVE-2016-8578

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

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

Links: CVE-2016-8578 - Bugzilla