CVE-2016-9915 Vulnerability Details

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CVE-2016-9915 Metadata Quick Info

CVE Published: 29/12/2016 | CVE Updated: 06/08/2024 | CVE Year: 2016
Source: redhat | Vendor: n/a | Product: n/a
Status : PUBLISHED

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CVE-2016-9915 Description

Memory leak in hw/9pfs/9p-handle.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 the handle backend.

Metrics

CVSS Version: 3.1 | Base Score: n/a
Vector: n/a

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Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database).