Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime Affecting qemu package, versions <1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.11


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (29th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-QEMU-428188
  • published23 Dec 2016
  • disclosed23 Dec 2016

Introduced: 23 Dec 2016

CVE-2016-9907  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-772  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:16.04 qemu to version 1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.11 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 Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:16.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Scores

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