Memory Leak Affecting qemu package, versions <1:2.8+dfsg-3ubuntu2.1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.43% (35th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1804-QEMU-427459
  • published29 Dec 2016
  • disclosed29 Dec 2016

Introduced: 29 Dec 2016

CVE-2016-9914  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-401  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:18.04 qemu to version 1:2.8+dfsg-3ubuntu2.1 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 Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:18.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

Memory leak in hw/9pfs/9p.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 FileOperations.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1