Attacker Value
Unknown
(0 users assessed)
Exploitability
Unknown
(0 users assessed)
User Interaction
None
Privileges Required
Low
Attack Vector
Local
0

CVE-2016-9907

Disclosure Date: December 23, 2016
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Description

Quick Emulator (Qemu) built with the USB redirector usb-guest support is vulnerable to a memory leakage flaw. It could occur while destroying the USB redirector in ‘usbredir_handle_destroy’. A guest user/process could use this issue to leak host memory, resulting in DoS for a host.

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CVSS V3 Severity and Metrics
Base Score:
6.5 Medium
Impact Score:
4
Exploitability Score:
2
Vector:
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector (AV):
Local
Attack Complexity (AC):
Low
Privileges Required (PR):
Low
User Interaction (UI):
None
Scope (S):
Changed
Confidentiality (C):
None
Integrity (I):
None
Availability (A):
High

General Information

Vendors

  • debian,
  • qemu,
  • redhat

Products

  • debian linux 8.0,
  • openstack 10,
  • openstack 11,
  • openstack 6.0,
  • openstack 7.0,
  • openstack 8,
  • openstack 9,
  • qemu,
  • virtualization 4.0
Technical Analysis