<p>Upgrade <code>Debian:10</code> <code>qemu</code> to version 1:2.8+dfsg-1 or higher.</p>

Use After Free Affecting qemu package, versions <1:2.8+dfsg-1

Snyk CVSS

Attack Complexity Low

Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS 0.05% (20^th percentile)

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Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN10-QEMU-427807
published 23 Dec 2016
disclosed 23 Dec 2016

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Introduced: 23 Dec 2016

CVE-2016-9923 Open this link in a new tab CWE-416 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:10 qemu to version 1:2.8+dfsg-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream qemu package and not the qemu package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

Quick Emulator (Qemu) built with the 'chardev' backend support is vulnerable to a use after free issue. It could occur while hotplug and unplugging the device in the guest. A guest user/process could use this flaw to crash a Qemu process on the host resulting in DoS.